Thursday, October 22, 2015

The Charter

King James granted a charter to the Virginia Company of London so they could establish a colony in Jamestown. The charter was a document that stated that England would support a new colony for a while and the colonists would be granted the same rights as the people living in England at the time. 

New groups and organizations often have a charter that gives guidelines for the group. It states what they will do, how they will go about accomplishing the task and and rules they need to follow.  



Here is what the beginning of the charter granted to the Virginia Company of London looked like: 


Comment:
If you were to write a charter to establish a new colony, what would you include?  In your comment, write the first part of the charter as you think it should be. 

39 comments:

  1. If I could write a charter for this classroom this is what the first part should look like:
    I akn student of Mrs.L, declare that there should be a group of people who will go on a mission to discover a new land! That group of people will be known as: All-Star explorers! Here are some rules that they need to follow: be respectful on your journey to plants,animals, and people, to make the world a better place by not littering, and most of all have fun on your journey!

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    1. Akn I think that would be awesome! I wish we really could grant that charter!

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    2. Why thank you abt!

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    3. I to agree with abt akn.

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    4. Your creativity shines in this charter! Great work!

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    5. all of you =A+!

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  2. I M.B.C. of Mrs.Lanes class now declare that...All the classmates will go home at 1:00 pm instead of 3:00.I declare they will have a choice of what special class they want to go to.Also that they will go to lunch at 11:00.I also want to say that Mrs.Lane is to add on to this charter in 2016! -M.B.C

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    1. I wish we did have lunch at 11:00 instead of 11:30! I also wish that we got to go home at 1:00 in stead of 3:00.

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    2. Agreed! How about we just have a snack, leave school at 1:00 and lunch could be at home?!

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    3. Mrs. Lane I agree with you 101%

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    4. I wish we did go to lunch at 11:00 instead of 11:30 then I would not starve before lunch! And if we went home at one instead of three then I could play on my tablet and play in my room!!!!!!!!!! To bad we can not grant that charter.....for now any way:)

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    5. That would make sense to i didn't think of that good thinking Mrs.Lane

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    6. Mrs.Lane that sounds wonderful!!!!!! getting out at three o clock:( getting out at one o clock:)

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  3. If I abt were to grant a charter to the all stars I would say that there would be a group of girls. They would get to be Mrs.Lanes helpers. And every day after school they would get a giant stuffed animal of their choice, they would get paid 1,000,000 dollars every time they helped Mrs.Lane. And of course Mrs.Lane would have infinity dollars!

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    1. That would be awesome abt!

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    2. Yay I would be rich yipee!!!

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    3. Yay I would also be rich!

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    4. I would have so much money! but sadly i'm not a girl.

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    5. Having an infinite amount of money would be wonderful! I vote for this charter!

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    6. Me too I also vote for this charter! Go abt's charter!!

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  4. I E.C.B of All Star Lane I declare that we should stay in school for 8 hours not six. Also we should only study math just because math is awesome. Then we should have more field trips those seem to be fun. Also i'm reversing the grade system. F means fabulous,D is for delightful,C is for cool,B is for brilliant,A is for awful. This is the end of this charter.

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    1. What why is A awful why not awesome?

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    2. I am certainly glad you like school! Your grading scale makes so much more sense than what we have now! Thanks for your creativity.

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    3. Thank You Mrs.Lane

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    4. Ya ecb I also like the grading scales. I also like your idea of only learning math because math is my favorite subject!!!!!

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    5. A is Awful because no one wants awful but you can get all the questions wrong and still get a good grade!

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  5. I ker grant you to be the All - star explorer of the week.Here are some rules: Get good grades,Be respectful,and last but not least have fun.This is ker over and out

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  6. I mrw student in All Star Lane demands this shall be done:
    All fellow students should obey Mrs.L, be respectful of everyone in All Star Lane, obey Mrs.L, do all the assignments you are told to, and pick up your trash. If all of this is not followed you will be banished to the principals office immediately!

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    1. Banished to the principals office immediately!!! Don't you think that's a littlew harsh!!!

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  7. I amm think that we should change the order of the subjects we do. First we should put math first because math is most important subject and takes the longest. We shall do science last because it takes the least amount of time and of course I HATE science! Also I get permission to skip art forever. Back to order of subjects we should put rotations in the middle. Now this is my charter.

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  8. I K.M.C. student of Mrs.Lane's room declare every Friday there will be a ICE CREAM PARTY!!!!!!!! I Declare we can chose wear we want to sit for lunch.Girls will get to play for 30 min. and boys for 1 min.we will get to have our own indoor cyclone and don't forget we go home at 1:00 instead of 3:00

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    1. Ice cream is my favorite! I could go for that! This is not a boy charter! They would not agree with your 1 min of lunch!

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  9. If I was going to right a charter it would be like this.' Now I will let people of Mrs L classroom go to the new word and they will be known by the all stars the end'.

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  10. Nice sentence mbm the person typing this is right next to you mbm

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  11. If I could sign a charter the beginning would be like this ,I declare the new rules for mis Lane's class to be, get in a supper line faster. You would also work harder and be more quiet. No more talking during test. To be nice and kind, like helping somebody up if they fall and not back talking mis L.

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  12. I. ZPR, Student of Mrs.Lane, Where as Mrs.Lane's Awesome and Amazing All-Stars Have gotten Smarter, Everyday. May in time bring the smartest class EVER!
    Mrs.Lanes Class, Adventurers of and for our city of Radford. The Amazing Class, Mrs.Lanes Class. -ZPR.

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