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SLA Debate Dominates at Voices of Philadelphia Tournament
Posted by Meenoo Rami in ADV10-010 onFor the second year in a row, SLA"s debate team crushed the competition at the annual Voices of Philadelphia tournament!
Nikki Adeli and RubyJane Anderson swept the competition, amazingly going 6-0 straight through the day to win the tournament. In the final round, Nikki and Ruby debated none other than SLA's Mohamed Marzouk and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks, who came in second place in the tournament! Not stopping there, every SLA team advanced to the Quarterfinal rounds, with Jhonas Dunakin and Allison Patterson coming in 5th place and Katherine Hunt and Klarissa Hudson coming in 7th overall. Adding to their incredible achievements, SLA Students Mohammed Marzouk, Jhonas Dunakin, and Allison Patterson tied for the third-highest speaker score! Lastly, but certainly not least, the 2013 Voices of Philadelphia Sweepstakes Champion Award was presented to SLA! Coaches Ms. Rami, Jeff Kessler, and the Penn For Youth Debate volunteers could not be more proud of the team's achievements. Please congratulate these students on their incredible success!
1st Place in the Tournament: RubyJane Anderson and Nikki Adeli
2nd Place in the Tournament: Mohammed Marzouk and Manna-Symone Middlebooks
5th Place in the Tournament: Jhonas Dunakin and Allison Patterson
7th Place in the Tournament: Katherine Hunt and Klarissa Hudson
Tied for Third Highest Speaker Score: Mohammed Marzouk, Jhonas Dunakin, and Allison Patterson
Voices of Philadelphia Sweepstakes Champion Award: Science Leadership Academy
Post from Aja
Posted by Meenoo Rami in STORY-006 onAja Wallace
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Favorite Spot: Franklin Institute
Neighborhood: Center City
Address: 222 N 20th St
I am: A Philadelphia high school senior and a volleyball player.
Years in Philly: 18
Current Home: South PhIladelphia
*My Love Note*
Dear Franklin Institute,
I simply adore you! I enjoy the number of events for people of all ages to come to and engage in new learning. When I was younger I use to visit you with my grandmother all the time, my trips were simply amazing. My favorite thing inside the Institute is the Heart, It amazes me how the human body works. Growing up I always felt as if the Franklin was the coolest place on earth (and my feelings remain the same). Visiting you always makes me feel like I can achieve my goals no matter what they are, I get a sense of hope and inspiration. I enjoy walking up the steps each time I go, imagining what exhibit I will see, and what new knowledge I will walk away with. I guess what I'm trying to say it, I truly do love you and all the excitement you bring me. Thank You for always being there when I needed you.
P.S. Please always stay as cool as you are don't let anyone change you, ever.
With loads of love,
Aja
Philly Love Note from Claire
Posted by Meenoo Rami in STORY-005 onDear Philly,
or Philadelphia,
whichever you prefer,
I am Claire, and I am your daughter, though you may not know me among your hundreds of other children.
We walk in the Historic Shadows of your Historic Halls.
We sit on oversized buttons and under LOVE statues that are perhaps too small.
You may not know me, but I know you.
So much more than melted cheese on meat in buns,
Even more than history and cobble stones.
Philadelphia, My lovely Philadelphia,
You are murals of trash on walls, Glass becoming sunshine- glowing.
You are gratified South St. where people are not afraid to live, where rainbows fly high, and I have danced in the heaviest of rain.
You are streets lit up with yellow lights sending beams reflecting and refracting on snow, or maybe its just powdered glitter. And under white precipitate blankets that morning- Silence. As even the birds sleep in.
You are Odunde with bright colors flashing and deep rumbling drums bringing the core of other lands to my sidewalk.
Philadelphia, My sweet Philadelphia,
You are quaker peace, but never submissive.
You are enduring old and sparkling new.
You are bike rides along muddy rivers and the brightest of the reddest leaves
You are winters much too cold and dry, and summers much too hot and humid.
You are red brick and blue skies and howling howling winds
Philadelphia, My darling Philadelphia,
You are SEPTA which I sometimes hate, but freedom which I always love.
You are more than just a grid
You are so much better than the history books say
Dependable and trustworthy,
You were always the best of mothers.
Philadelphia, My lovely, sweet, darling Philadelphia
To the city of brotherly love, here is a daughters feelings, overflowing in blue pencil, too much to fit on a page.
Philly you are my heart,
my rock,
my home,
my guardian,
Existing above and bellow me in peace and tumult.
But most importantly,
Philly,
You are mine.
And I am yours.
Truly and Forever,
Claire
Water Stream Teen Magazine Publication
Posted by Meenoo Rami in ENG3-011 onWater Stream Teen Magazine Publication
please leave comments for us because we look forward to your reactions!
When I started teaching this amazing group of students at SLA, I knew that we'd do some great work together. I wanted to make sure that my students had authentic experiences as readers and writers. So this quarter, we have worked together to create this teen magazine. Our hope is that this project will inspire other classes to create similar work. If you like our work, please share it widely and leave us comments because we are eager to hear from you. Thank you for checking out our work.
My student, Rose did a great job documenting this process, an portion of which you will find below:
At the beginning of our first quarter Ms. Rami explained to us how she wanted us to do “real” learning instead of “fake” learning. A common theme in high school english is that the teachers will assign their students a book to read and a large portion of the students will only read a little of the book but pretend that they did. If there is no real reading than classroom discussions become fake and mundane. We as a class wanted to be real readers. The kind of readers that challenge ourselves and motivate others to do the same. Another aspect of “real learning” is writing. This quarter we have focussed on making our writing real and relevant which is where this magazine comes into play. At first the magazine was just an idea but then it turned into this amazing project.
During one of our first classes of the 2nd Quarter Ms. Rami introduced the project to us. She had us brainstorm different ideas that we would want to write our articles on. The following week we sat around in a circle and had a class discussion on ideas. Some of the braver more confident people jumped at the chance to share their ideas. Meanwhile the more hesitant listened from the side. When someone shared their idea either Ms. Rami or other students would recomend other things that they could add to their idea making it something more specific or letting it go a little deeper. Eventually the shy bystanders started to share their ideas and there began to be a sense of what this magazine would end up looking like. It was great to see the ideas float around and begin to form into their full glory. Our assignment at the end of the class was to decide the final topic that we wanted to work on and if their were other people we could work with.
Once each of us had come up with our solid ideas and figured out if it was going to be a partner article or not we started to learn how to write articles in an appealing way. We read “Saying No to College” at our tables in class and took out parts that stood out to us. Then as a group we talked about those parts and how we can implicate them in our articles. We also talked about what parts we didn’t like which is an important part of a discussion. A really interesting thing that we did was we got the opportunity to skype in with Kristen Graham, a Pulitzer Prize winner, about her experience as a journalist. We all got the opportunity to ask her questions about how she gets the stories, what it is like to have a career as a journalist. From her we were able to get the advice we needed to really get started.
A big part of any magazine is making it turn into a well written, visually appealing piece of work. In order to make that possible a couple of people needed to volunteer to do some extra work. There were a couple different roles that needed to be filled. We needed someone to make a name for the magazine, copy editors, photo and art editors, visual layout designer, and someone to get the word out to everyone. Lastly we needed a couple people to oversee all of those roles. It was surprisingly easy to get all of those rolls filled. The simplicity of that showed how interested and excited everyone is about this project.
In the last stages we have a deadline for the rough draft to be due. The classes leading up to the deadline have been fully work periods in which the different people can work together to get the article ready for edits.
As a part of the editing process we were given a sheet to fill out. The sheet needed to be filled out by the lit lab that we have during lunch periods. The Lit Lab is a place where a couple of stellar students can help out other students by proof reading their writing work.
Earth Stream Teen Magazine
Posted by Meenoo Rami in ENG3-012 onEarth Stream Teen Magazine Publication Link
please leave comments for us because we look forward to your reactions!
When I started teaching this amazing group of students at SLA, I knew that we'd do some great work together. I wanted to make sure that my students had authentic experiences as readers and writers. So this quarter, we have worked together to create this teen magazine. Our hope is that this project will inspire other classes to create similar work. If you like our work, please share it widely and leave us comments because we are eager to hear from you. Thank you for checking out our work.
My student, Rose did a great job documenting this process, an portion of which you will find below:
At the beginning of our first quarter Ms. Rami explained to us how she wanted us to do “real” learning instead of “fake” learning. A common theme in high school english is that the teachers will assign their students a book to read and a large portion of the students will only read a little of the book but pretend that they did. If there is no real reading than classroom discussions become fake and mundane. We as a class wanted to be real readers. The kind of readers that challenge ourselves and motivate others to do the same. Another aspect of “real learning” is writing. This quarter we have focussed on making our writing real and relevant which is where this magazine comes into play. At first the magazine was just an idea but then it turned into this amazing project.
During one of our first classes of the 2nd Quarter Ms. Rami introduced the project to us. She had us brainstorm different ideas that we would want to write our articles on. The following week we sat around in a circle and had a class discussion on ideas. Some of the braver more confident people jumped at the chance to share their ideas. Meanwhile the more hesitant listened from the side. When someone shared their idea either Ms. Rami or other students would recomend other things that they could add to their idea making it something more specific or letting it go a little deeper. Eventually the shy bystanders started to share their ideas and there began to be a sense of what this magazine would end up looking like. It was great to see the ideas float around and begin to form into their full glory. Our assignment at the end of the class was to decide the final topic that we wanted to work on and if their were other people we could work with.
Once each of us had come up with our solid ideas and figured out if it was going to be a partner article or not we started to learn how to write articles in an appealing way. We read “Saying No to College” at our tables in class and took out parts that stood out to us. Then as a group we talked about those parts and how we can implicate them in our articles. We also talked about what parts we didn’t like which is an important part of a discussion. A really interesting thing that we did was we got the opportunity to skype in with Kristen Graham, a Pulitzer Prize winner, about her experience as a journalist. We all got the opportunity to ask her questions about how she gets the stories, what it is like to have a career as a journalist. From her we were able to get the advice we needed to really get started.
A big part of any magazine is making it turn into a well written, visually appealing piece of work. In order to make that possible a couple of people needed to volunteer to do some extra work. There were a couple different roles that needed to be filled. We needed someone to make a name for the magazine, copy editors, photo and art editors, visual layout designer, and someone to get the word out to everyone. Lastly we needed a couple people to oversee all of those roles. It was surprisingly easy to get all of those rolls filled. The simplicity of that showed how interested and excited everyone is about this project.
In the last stages we have a deadline for the rough draft to be due. The classes leading up to the deadline have been fully work periods in which the different people can work together to get the article ready for edits.
As a part of the editing process we were given a sheet to fill out. The sheet needed to be filled out by the lit lab that we have during lunch periods. The Lit Lab is a place where a couple of stellar students can help out other students by proof reading their writing work.
Refuse: Print Advertisements - William Felinski
Posted by Meenoo Rami in RWR-001 onSLA Fundraiser - How to place your order
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Go to www.joecorbi.com
Click on Online Ordering
Click on the green consumer orders button
Select your items and proceed to check-out. Complete the 'Shopping For' form
SLA's info is: organization #: OL28SCILA
Address: 55 N. 22nd Street, Philadelphia PA 19103
215-979-5620
Douglas Wallace - Why I write
Posted by Meenoo Rami in RWR-002 onI write because I have to
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Life issues haunt us all
So instead of picking up a bottle
I pick up a pen and
Let my story begin...
I write to free my brothas and sistas
My story isn't the only important one
So I will tell the story of June
Suffering from post-love depression
She was never taught this lesson
So she slits her wrist to pour out a confession...
Or for my brotha from another momma
Who never had a poppa to tell him
How a real man is supposed to act.
It's hard for a mother to play father
And keep food on the table..
So little David sold a brick got locked up
And now by the government she is labled
So when I write I tell their true stories
Like they are fables..
I write to tell a story
It's funny how many people could actually relate
Your fate isn't just your alone..
You would be surprised how many lives
Your pen could save.
I write because this is what I love
No matter what I've gone through
My pen has always been here
My poetry book is my soul
I put my right hand on it
When I tell the truth..
Writing tells the story of the life I live
I am constantly faces with quandaries that stretch
The boundaries on my tight-knit life.
You can validate my soul by reading my poems..
My book pass no judgement
My pen keeps all my secrets
My mind brings these things together in unison.
I create a 3 dimensional world
On a 2 dimensional surface
This is why I write..
Micah Getz performs in Philly Fringe Festival
Posted by Meenoo Rami in 9ADV-010 onMicah Getz will be performing in the play 'Green People' on Friday at 7 PM. You can buy tickets here.
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A show about what connects us, what makes community, and how to claim humanity from the rubble of our differences. From Yes! And . . . ’s SHADOW Company, who brought you to the streets last year with the flash mob inspired Flash!, comes another original, cutting-edge production performed by Philadelphia’s best teenage storytellers
Class Links 9/8/11
Posted by Meenoo Rami in ENG3-008 onClass Links for 9/8/11
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