What is the difference between spies and detectives?

SPY:

A person who secretly collects and reports information on the activities, movements, and plans of an enemy or competitor.
Synonyms:  secret agent, special agent


In real life, espionage isn't much like what you see in the movies.  Still, spying is a useful and dangerous way for governments to gather secret information from their enemies.

­World leaders are faced with making important decisions every day, and information is the key to making the right decision. How many troops does your enemy have? How far are they in developing their secret weapons?

While some of this information (known as intelligence) may be readily available, most countries keep information that could be used against them secret. Of course, this secret information is often the most valuable. To gain access to secret information, governments use espionage, a blend of subterfuge, deception, technology and data analysis. Espionage can also be used to sabotage the enemy by supplying them with incorrect information.

DETECTIVE:

A person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes.
Synonyms:  investigator, private investigator (private i)


Private detectives and investigators provide private investigative services to collect information. Private detectives analyze information to solve mysteries and uncover facts. They assist during criminal and civil cases, insurance fraud, missing persons investigations, and child protection and custody disputes.  Private detectives utilize many investigative methods. They generally use computers to find documents, locate deleted emails, and conduct database searches. Investigators utilize computers to find information about criminal records, telephone numbers, court judgments, and motor vehicle registration.

Restating Practice

Answer these questions by restating the question.

1. What is your favorite holiday?
2. How many times have you been to Lagoon?
3. Which do you like better, stormy weather or sunny weather?
4. Who is your LEAST favorite band/singer?

Brer Rabbit Falls Down the Well- RARE

Brer Rabbit Falls Down the Well  

A Georgia Folktale

retold by
S. E. Schlosser

   One day, Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox and Brer Coon and Brer Bear and a lot of other animals decided to work together to plant a garden full of corn for roasting. They started early in the morning and raked and dug and raked some more, breaking up the hard ground so it would be ready for planting. It was a hot day, and Brer Rabbit got tired mighty quick. But he kept toting off the brush and clearing away the debris 'cause he didn't want no one to call him lazy.
   Then Brer Rabbit got an idea. "Ow!" he shouted as loudly as he could. "I got me a briar in my hand!" He waved a paw and stuck it into his mouth. The other critters told him he'd better pull out the briar and wash his hand afore it got infected. That was just what Brer Rabbit wanted to hear. He hurried off, looking for a shady spot to take a quick nap. A little ways down the road, he found an old well with a couple of buckets hanging inside it, one at the top, and one down at the bottom.
   "That looks like a mighty cool place to take a nap," Brer Rabbit said, and hopped right into the bucket.
   Well, Brer Rabbit was mighty heavy - much heavier than the bucket full of water laying at the bottom. When he jumped into the empty bucket, it plummeted right down to the bottom of the well. Brer Rabbit hung onto the sides for dear life as the second bucket whipped passed him, splashing water all over him on its way to the top. He had never been so scared in his life.
   Brer Rabbit's bucket landed with a smack in the water and bobbed up and down. Brer Rabbit was afraid to move, in case the bucket tipped over and landed him in the water. He lay in the bottom of the bucket and shook and shivered with fright, wondering what would happen next.
   Now Brer Fox had been watching Brer Rabbit all morning. He knew right away that Brer Rabbit didn't have a briar in his paw and wondered what that rascal was up to. When Brer Rabbit snuck off, Brer Fox followed him and saw him jump into the bucket and disappear down the well.
   Brer Fox was puzzled. Why would Brer Rabbit go into the well? Then he thought: "I bet he has some money hidden away down there and has gone to check up on it." Brer Fox crept up to the well, listening closely to see if he could hear anything. He didn't hear nothing. He peered down into the well, but all was dark and quiet, on account of Brer Rabbit holding so still so the bucket wouldn't tip him into the water.
   Finally, Brer Fox shouted down into the well: "Brer Rabbit, what you doing down there?"
   Brer Rabbit perked up at once, realizing that this might be his chance to get out of the well.
   "I'm a fishing down here, Brer Fox," says he. "I thought I'd surprise everyone with a mess of fresh fish for lunch. There's some real nice fish down here."
   "How many fish are there?" asked Brer Fox skeptically, sure that the rascally rabbit was really counting his gold.
   "Scores and scores!" cried Brer Rabbit. "Why don't you come on down and help me carry them out?"
   Well, that was the invitation Brer Fox was waiting for. He was going to go down into that well and get him some of Brer Rabbit's gold.
   "How do I get down there?" asked Brer Fox.
   Brer Rabbit grinned. Brer Fox was much heavier than he was. If Brer Fox jumped into the empty bucket at the top, then Brer Rabbit's bucket would go up, and Brer Fox's bucket would go down! So he said: "Jest jump into the bucket, Brer Fox."
   Well, Brer Fox jumped into the empty bucket, and down it plummeted into the dark well. He passed Brer Rabbit about halfway down. Brer Rabbit was clinging to the sides of the bucket with all his might 'cause it was moving so fast. "Goodbye Brer Fox," he shouted as he rose. "Like the saying goes, some folks go up, and some go down! You should make it to the bottom all safe and sound."
   Brer Rabbit jumped out of the well and ran back to the garden patch to tell the other critters that Brer Fox was down in the well muddying up the waters. Then he danced back to the well and shouted down to Brer Fox: "There's a hunting man coming along to get a drink o' water, Brer Fox. When he hauls you up, you'd best run away as fast as you can!"
   Then Brer Rabbit went back to the garden patch. When the thirsty hunter hauled up the bucket full of water, a wet and shaky Brer Fox sprang out and ran away before the hunter could grab for his gun.
An hour later, Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit were both back in the garden, digging and hauling away debris and acting like nothing had happened. Except every once in a while, Brer Fox would look sideways at Brer Rabbit and grin, and the rascally rabbit would start to laugh and laugh 'cause both of them had looked so silly plummeting up and down in that ol' dark well. 

Question:  

       -From this story, what lesson can be learned about trying to get out of work? Use RARE to answer the question.

Little Red Hen RARE

Little Red Hen Read Aloud Story

Listen to the story and then pick ONE question to answer, using the RARE format.

Remember:  RARE= restate the question, answer the question, reason why that is your answer, example from the story to prove the reason is a good one.

Follow this setup:  Restate question and then answer it, because ______________________.  For example, _____________.

1. From this story, what lesson can be learned about the value of work? Use RARE to answer the question.
 

   2. In the story it said that Little Red Hen was “Still confident that they would surely help her some day…” But then a few lines later it says, “Feeling that she might have known all the time that she would have to do it all herself…” Why did Little Red Hen continue to ask who would help her after it was clear that the others would not help? Use RARE to answer the question. Your examples that prove your point must come from the story.

First Writing Assignment

Today in the lab, you will type a paper (using your formatting cheat sheet so you get the look of the paper absolutely, unquestionable perfect!!!!!!) called, "Something Cool."  It will be about something cool you wish you could be/do, even if it's unrealistic. 

It should be 1 paragraph long (5-7 sentences).

NOTE:  unrealistic does not mean IMPOSSIBLE, such as wishing you were an animal, or could never die, or could be as amazingly beautiful and intelligent and kind-hearted as Mrs. K.  It means something that would take a ton of work and talent and time, more than you'd realistically be willing to put into it.

AUDIENCE:  Mrs. K

BFG Intro: Who was Roald Dahl?

DID YOU KNOW,

Roald Dahl struggled to get good grades in writing at school?
He worked as a spy a little bit early in his life!
He loved to make up silly words.
Roald Dahl didn't like to sit in movie theaters because his legs were too long for the seats.
He loved eating chocolate... is that what inspired him to write Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory??

Why do people love his books?
-They're often scary, putting kids in genuinely dangerous or hard situations. 
-Kids are the heros, adults are the shmos.
-They're outrageous and silly and they make you think.
-They're fun to read!

First Self-Start

STUDENTS!!  Hi. :)  This is a self-start.  A self-start is a mini-assignment in which you are SELF-directed.  You will read your instructions from the board and follow them silently.  Remember, self-start time is SILENT time. 

INSTRUCTIONS:  Pull out your acrostic poem from yesterday and start working on it.