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Monday, December 6, 2016
Conformity Misunderstood
Introducing
Claire
Exclusive interview with student of
the week Claire Campanelli
What is your favorite part of
language arts?
My favorite part of language arts is
writing. When you write, there’s no
right or wrong answer, and it’s a
great opportunity to use your
imagination
What interests do you have?
I enjoy learning about ballet,
exercising, and playing computer
games.
What is the key to your future
success?
I think one key to success (in my
opinion)is if you want something
more than other people, you just
have to work harder to get it, and
you just have to believe.
Do you enjoy doing language arts
projects? What do you think
students could learn when doing
them?
Yes, but the fact that we have so
many makes it stressful and hard to
complete them on time. Even if it
takes you much longer than normal
The True
Meaning of
Conformity
Conformity. What is the first thing
you think of when you hear that
word? Probably a fictional
character trying to fit in at school,
or maybe a cute picture of a red
apple standing out in a bunch of
green apples representing
non-conformity. It’s not that
Greek/Latin
projects
Without roots, the English
language wouldn’t be here. On
November 21, 2016, the
Greek/Latin project was due to
prove how well the students knew
about the understanding of Greek
and Latin roots. From Greekymons
(imaginary pokemons made of
Greek and Latin roots) to
Phobiologies (made up phobias) to
creative new inventions, the
students of Mrs. Wilkerson
combined their creativeness and
understanding to invent amazing
Greek and Latin projects. Students
could choose from inventions,
Greekymons, greek and latin
spellbooks, phobiologies, and
made up cities.
Examples
of creative
simple. There are many examples
of conformity that you might’ve
never thought twice about. Such as
following rules anywhere, or
wearing the same sports uniform as
your teammates. Conformity is all
greekymons
you should try your best no matter
what.
Continued on pg 3 under Claire
Homework
around us, whether we realize it or
not.
Continued on page two, under
‘Conformity’
Must Read Books
Remember to work on your book
talks and projects if you haven’t
gone yet. The requirements for
both are on ​Mrs. Wilkerson's
website:
Upcoming Book Talk Dates:
● December 6: Ben and John
● December 7: Caroline and
Kate
● December 8: Sunny and
Claire
Go to ​Quizlet​ for root word
practice.
Brainteasers
There are two doors. One door leads to a
pot of gold and one door leads to a pit of
snakes. There are two identical guards.
One can only tell the truth, the other only
tells lies. You do not know which is
which. You can ask a guard one question
to find out which door is which, but you
do not know what guard you are asking.
What question could you ask either guard
to find out which is the good door?
A man worked at a high security
institution. He tried to log into his
computer and the computer denied his
password. He then remembered that the
passwords to the computers were reset
every month for security reasons. He
called his boss for the new password. The
man said, “Boss, my old password is out
of date.” The boss said, “Yes, it is. The
new password is different, but if you listen
closely you’ll be able to figure out the new
one. Your new password has the same
amount of letters as the old one, and four
of the letters are the same. The man then
logged on with no trouble at all. What was
the old password? What was the new one?
More Brainteasers on page 3
Conformity
Continued from page 1 ‘The true
Meaning of Conformity’
Although conformity can send the
message of working as a well-oiled
machine, there are also examples
of conformity being a bad thing.
Maybe you’re conforming by
walking behind a person who has a
sign on their back saying “follow
me”. You probably won’t realize
that that person is doing the exact
same thing as you are, walking
behind someone else, and that you
all are either walking the wrong
way, or walking in circles. This is a
metaphor, of course. “Going with
the crowd” is not always a good
thing. Especially if no one in the
crowd actually knows what they’re
There are good books. Then there are
great books. But you rarely find
amazing books that you just want to
sink into and read over and over, until
the pages are worn and you can quote
the book. One of these is ​Walk Two
Moons​ by Sharon Creech. An amazing
book, with a complex and interesting
plot, this book
definitely is a book
you will just keep
picking up.
Salamanca Tree
Hiddle is an average
13 year old girl with
a
mysterious
background. While
on a trip to Lewiston, Ohio, she tells
the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, a
girl whose mother has disappeared. As
she gets closer and closer to the end of
Phoebe’s story, and Lewiston, she
reveals her own bittersweet story of
her mother and her blackberry kisses.
This book really taps
into your emotions and
makes you think. A 5 out
of 5 is perfect for this.
Another “have to read
story” is ​Escape From
Mr. Lemoncello’s
Library​. A very well put
together mystery, this book is packed
with puzzles, clues, and riddles. Join
Kyle and his friends as they race to
escape from the world renowned Mr.
Lemoncello’s new library using only
their wits and some of the best books
the library has to offer. They will
stumble and fall along they way, but
count on them to always get back on
their feet. This is a 5 out of 5, because
reading shouldn’t just be something
you do to get over with it. It should
make you wonder.
doing. For example,, you could
walk into an elevator and see that
everyone is standing backwards.
Not wanting to be different, you
turn around, and suddenly, you’re
normal, but not really. There are
good times to conform, but when
people are ​spinning around in an
elevator and taking their hat on and
off,​ it is probably not a good time
to conform.
Claire​ Continued from pg 1
What did you think of the
Perseverance Cafe? What was
your favorite project?
I really liked the Perseverance Cafe
because we got to hear about each
group's intervewee and the struggles
they had to go through. It was fun to
hear each group present and to see
how much work each group put into
their project. Morgan’s art piece about
the dog with the wheelchair was good.
The
Birthdays
2-Sera Matthew, 2
Perseverance December
period, Language arts
Cafe
On Wednesday November 16, Mrs.
Wilkerson’s class hosted a
Perseverance Cafe in the Media
Center. However, this cafe was not
serving cookies and coffee.
Visitors could instead order a fresh
plate of perseverance and enjoy
lots of unique presentations about
Why do you think you were
perseverance. Some of the
chosen for this interview?
presentations included a roller
I don’t know!!! Can we delete that
coaster showing the ups and downs
question? How about what’s your
of perseverance, a picture made
favorite sport?
entirely out of perseverance quotes,
a book trailer and poster, and
various paintings and pictures
depicting perseverance. Some of
You are trapped in a room with only
the people honored in this unique
three doors leading out. One of them
cafe were a middle schooler who
leads to a room filled with real fire.
went through tough times moving
The next one is filled with lions who
from South Korea, a girl who has
haven’t eaten in a month. The third is a
cerebral palsy, and a brilliant
certain death drop. You have to go
inventor who never gave up. So,
through one of the doors. Which one
what did we learn from this cafe?
would you most likely survive?
One thing learned was to never
give up and quit, even if it is very
See Ruthie, Elizabeth, or Sunny to
difficult and you would rather do
find out if you are correct.
something else. Another thing to
This edition of Wilkerson Weekly was take away was that when other
people shoot you down you have to
written by Sunny Fan, Elizabeth
Unger, and Ruthie Yu.
pop back up and keep going. The
Perseverance Cafe was a
wonderful event that left
Brainteasers
“Everybody is a genius. But if
you judge a ​fish​ by it’s ability to
climb a ​tree​, it will live it’s whole
life believing that it is stupid.” Albert Einstei​n
This conformity quote means that
everybody has their unique talents
and that when judging everybody
the same way, and not for their
unique talents, you may not realize
that someone terrible at one thing
may be wonderful at something
else. In short, this quote means that
everybody is unique and by judging
all people the same way, you may
overlook how special each
individual is.
everybody who attended with a
valuable lesson to take away.
Animal of the Week - Axolotl
● The axolotl is found in lakes in Central Mexico.
● This strange creature has the amazing ability to regenerate damaged
body parts such as it’s limbs, it’s tail, and even it’s heart!
● The axolotl’s name comes from the ancient Aztec language and loosely
means ‘water dog.’
● Save the axolotls! Due to the lakes it lives in being drained as well as
the introduction of non native species such as carp, the axolotl is on the endangered species list!