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You are going to share the facts you learned in your article with your group. You should write facts that you think will be helpful for others to include in their two-voice poems. In addition, you may ask questions or comment about the facts other people have written. Remember to write in YOUR CODE NAME only. Also, be sure to state what article you read (Diamonds, China, Chocolate, or Foul Ball).

//THIS IS SCHMORLANDO. MRS. MYERS ASKED ME TO COMMENT ON YOUR NOTES. ANYTHING YOU SEE IN ALL CAPITALS IS A QUESTION OR COMMENT MRS. MYERS AND I HAVE FOR YOU.//

We are the Choclate Group Everyone type in 2 or more facts you've learned

First Fact: The children worked hard hours 6:00 am to 6:30 pm Second Fact: even though they made coco most of them havent even tasted coco Third Fact: Didnt get paid Forth Fact: the farmer are forced to cut there labors costs and resort to using "free" child labor just sustain a low level of living Fifth Fact: Extreme poverty of nearby countries like Mali Sixth Fact: The child slave laborers are not getting an education and consequently not getting an hope of improving their life Seventh Fact: July 2005 deadline of saving and educating child labor has passsed and very little has been done to improve the situation

Hi SCHMORLANDO FROM, umsmacrio & Ebenezer Scrooge

I am the Dimond Artical First Fact: They worked in dangerous mines Second Fact: The orphans would have to work for more then 18 hours Third Fact: The orphans were not paid anything Fourth Fact: They were bairly givin any thing to eat

i am the foul ball articale. First Fact: john silvers went to packastan and wrot a story about foul balls. he said this kid was a soccer ball maker. second fact: he wasnt gettin paid alot and had not enough money to eat 3 meals a day. thrid fact: in america there are other ways to make soccer balls, other then by hand. we make they my a machine that sews the parts together, to make the soccer ball. forth fact: for each ball they make they get 60 fith fact: john silvers is trying to help the kids in pacistan not work at the ages of 7-20 ages between there. he has started trying to help these kids since 1995. //WHAT DO YOU MEAN 7-20? EXPLAIN.// From, umsmccus

I am the china artical First fact~ estimated 250 million children between the ages of five and fourteen work in developing countries and 61 percent in Asia Second fact~ children work in workshops //WHAT KIND OF WORKSHOPS? EXPLAIN// Third fact~ kids get virbal and physical abuse Fourth fact~ kids get wipped if they dont work and then they get starved Fifth fact~ the kids that work are in a a sweatshop are in a neverending cycle //WHY? EXPLAIN.// Sixth fact~ if you try to escape they beat you Seventh fact~ at night you are put in a small space with a little breathing room From, umsmabel