Distance Learning Day 4

Hi, everyone.

Distance Learning Day four Welcome to Thursday, guys.

You're almost there.

You've been working so hard and Friday is just around

the corner again.

I'm so proud of everything you've been doing.

And this weekend rest is going to be well deserved

for you.

So just one quick update.

Since yesterday's video, Miss Birdwell did send out some information

about how you can now test they are at home.

So it was so excited to hear that Because I

know a lot of you are working hard to reach

that goal of getting your our shirt, and now you

have the opportunity to do it at home.

So make sure you're following the guidelines testing on your

grade level and making sure that you are testing on

your own.

Please. Of course, if you do, you do need some

help blogging on.

Or maybe with a word.

You can't ask your parents.

But other than that, it's got to be all by

yourself. But I know I can trust you guys.

So let's go ahead and get started with today's lesson.

Okay, So what we're going to be doing today for

our objective is this.

Today's objective is a recap and we're going to recap

in Analyze our story of the week Justin LeBeau.

So the first thing I'm gonna talk to you about

today regarding this story is the story genre as well

as the story background.

Okay, so let's begin with the story genre.

Now, just in limbo is a nonfiction article.

So what this means is this This article is a

new story or report of events that have occurred.

So remember nonfiction means that it's true.

So, yes, this was actually a true story.

So now I'm going to give you the background off

this story that you might find interesting.

This was actually a newspaper article that was published in

the Los Angeles Times on December 16th 1989 and just

f y I.

I was 12 years old at that time.

So, yes, this was an actual little boy named Justin

LeBeau, and all of this really did happen.

So now we're going to begin by outlining our characters.

The characters of this story were just in LeBeau, Mom,

dad and melt.

Now, yes, we did have some newspaper reporters.

We did have some neighbors and friends, but these four

characters were the ones that kept coming around in the

story. They're the ones that were re occurring.

You would turn the page and there would be one

or more of these characters constantly being mentioned.

And that's because they had very big rules in the

plot of this story.

Okay, so what we're going to do now is talk

about the main character, Justin.

So let me get this popped up for you.

Justin, when we talk about a character, we always talk

about their traits, things, a words that describe them.

And usually the words that describe someone come from the

simple fact that they are demonstrating something.

They are speaking in a certain way or they're showing,

um, a certain behavior.

And when people look at them, they automatically give them

an adjective to describe, um, the awesome things that they've

done. So in this story we know that Justin loved

things. He loved his parents.

He loved bikes.

We know that he was creative.

He could take what they called a junker.

If you remember from the very beginning of the story,

and he could take something that waas junkie something that

someone else might have thrown out and he could see

beyond, um, the junkie nous he could see beyond the

broken parts and pieces or heavy paint.

Um, he was also thoughtful.

He was thinking of the other kids, you know, once

he gave away those two bikes he thought, you know,

to just isn't enough.

And so he took that idea and he ran with

it, which was making him determined.

He was determined to create all of these bikes for

the rest of the boys at this boy's home.

And, of course, he was giving.

He didn't ask for any payment.

You just gave away these bikes.

So he did spend money to make them.

But he didn't sell them for a profit.

He didn't sell them so he could raise money to

buy things that he wanted.

He just simply gave them away.

And of course, as his success was built up toward

the end of the story, when more people found out

about who he waas in what his mission was, he

was interviewed by newspaper and television and radio, and they

asked him, Why did you do it?

And he was so humble.

He never wanted the attention for himself you never asked

for anything other than just help getting the money and

getting the parts so he could make all of these

bikes. So he was humble in the sense that he

didn't think he was better than everyone else.

He just wanted everyone to know that he was happy.

He was happy because he, in turn, brought happiness to

others. Okay, so now, with every story even as happy

as this one Waas, we do have conflict now conflict

again Is thebe problem a character or character?

Space? And the story now in this story, Justin LeBeau

did face a couple of major conflicts, and these major

conflicts were going to get in the way of his

goal to make those bikes by Christmas time by the

holidays. So the first conflict he had was time Now,

Time Waas in really a crunch for him because he

had six months before Christmas to build all of these

bikes. And within that six months, school was going to

start. And so once school stars, as you know, you

have homework, you have assignments.

And so that was going to take a toll on,

um, his free time and then of course, the time

of year.

You know, he really depended on garage sales to get

the supplies he needed.

And as school begins in August, maybe where he lives,

the weather gets colder.

Maybe it's snowy.

A zit mentioned it was snowy.

Garage sales are outdoor things.

And during the cold months, people aren't gonna have garage

sales. So this was so time again was a huge

conflict. And, of course, money.

He didn't have a job.

He was just a kid.

So he was really meeting a source of income, a

source of, you know, a place somewhere to get money.

And because he was so loving, you had a great

relationship with his parents.

And so thes two conflicts were each solves in their

own way.

Now the time conflict was solved.

Andi, I'm just gonna use my note through quick guys

and looking at my book.

The first conflict was solved when the noose, when the

neighbor actually shared his story with the newspaper.

And once the story was printed overnight, it says on

page 2 74 just overnight, everything changed.

There must have been 100 calls.

People would call me up and asked me to come

over and pick up their old bike.

And then from there, people Gate not only started giving

bite parts and old bikes, but they started bringing in

money to which was the solution that he needed.

Money was the main thing he was looking for to

be able to buy the things that he couldn't find

a yard sale.

Now, the second solution, Um, you know, it's so as

people were bringing in more parts and different pieces of

well, to them was junk.

But to Justin, he saw it was usable parts, and

it may as well have been gold for him.

The money started rolling into, so the community came together

to help him reach his school.

All right, so now we're going to come back to

our theme of being selfless.

Remember that selfless means putting things aside your things aside

to do for others, and in this story, it was

very, very evident.

I've been very clear that Justin LeBeau was selfless.

He put aside his love of bikes, remember he would

build them and keep him in in his garage.

Um, and and after a while, he found you didn't

really use them anymore, and they were just sitting there.

And so he said, You know what?

I'm gonna put my love of bikes aside, and I'm

going to use this love and share it with others,

and that's exactly what he did.

Now remember that your act of selflessness, you know, putting

others needs before yours not only helps helps you, but

it also can have a ripple effect, which means it

can trickle down and your good deed actually help someone

else. And then that person will help someone else and

so on.

So Justin selflessness is his willingness to put his needs

to the side and help others.

Actually was a huge turnaround for another character in this

story, which is the bike owner, Mel now on page

2 75 Um, there's an example of how his selflessness

helped someone else.

And that was because at this point, Justin had more

than enough money to buy extra things he needed.

And so where did he go to place his order?

He went to Mel, the bike shop owner.

And so Mel is a small business owner, and, um,

you know, he make it business some days, and he

may not get business other days.

So this order that Justin placed was going to be

a huge boost to his business.

So this is an example of how someone small thing

that you do can turn around and help someone else

in a huge way.

Okay? And now we have point of view, the whole

that what we've been working with all week.

Did you guess what it waas?

And how do you know that that was then?

That was correct.

Well, if you guessed that the point of view was

third person, you would be correct.

And now how do we know that it was there

a person?

Well, we had all the special key words that were

available on one of the slides earlier in the week

that let us know as readers that when we see

these, these are going to be a point of view.

Now, there is, um, a section in the book that

I'm going thio just read very quickly to you.

That kind of gives us a hint.

Um, that Yes, this is 1/3 person now.

It says he went to his parents with the proposal

when Justin was younger.

Say five or six, says his mother.

He used to give some of his allowance away to

help others in need.

His father and I would donate a dollar for every

dollar Justin donated.

So he asked if he could be like the old

days if we'd match every dollar he put into building

start buying old bikes.

So we had the author's use of the word he

and hiss, and again, you know, it was repeated.

He so this tells us that this is not through

the eyes of the main character.

This is actually through the eyes off 1/3 person, and

in this case that their person was actually the newspaper

reporter. All right, guys.

So, you know, I had to throw a llama in

here at some point this week.

So here you go.

We have reached any feen the end of our lesson

today. So I hope you enjoyed the story of Justin

LeBeau. Um, and that perhaps you might be inspired, um,

from his act of selflessness, especially in these times where

we need each other more than ever.

And as craziest things are, there are people out there

that need our health and, um So I hope that

maybe if not now, in the future, this story will

inspire you to act on that, um, on that need

to serve And that you put your own needs aside,

um, for food and for the good of someone else.

And to have that humble nature, that humble spirit and

not ever look for anything.

Um, in return, just as long as you see others

happy. So that's it for today, guys.

And we'll see you tomorrow for fun.

Friday, I

Distance Learning Day 4

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