SUNDAY ESSAY

SUNDAY Essay

You need to complete your Essay by Sunday of this week. On Tuesday, we will need it for our new lesson.

Your job:

1. Finish your plan
2. Finish your essay about Exploration by Sunday

Exploration Essay Plan

When you are finished your explorations entry, you can work on your essay plan. The essay plan should be detailed. Follow the outline. If you want, you can use other ways of planning. Make sure that there is enough detail for me to understand what you are writing.

Topic:

Exploration is important for countries.


Essay Plan

Introduction:
Thesis Statement:


Body Paragraph 1
Topic Sentence:
Body:
Concluding Sentence:

Body Paragraph 2
Topic Sentence:
Body:
Concluding Sentence:

Body Paragraph 3
Topic Sentence:
Body:
Concluding Sentence:

Conclusion:
Restatement of Thesis:

Homework for the Weekend

• Prepare your puppet show (The puppets are due on Friday)

Bonus

• Work on your exploration entry if you are not finished.
• Review and work on next week's vocabulary lesson.
  

Homework for Today

Homework

• Finish your blog entry on explorations
• Work on your vocabulary (Lesson 16)
• Prepare materials for puppet show

Puppet Show!

Dear All,

Homework
1. Prepare for your puppet show!
2. Finish your fur trade
3. Begin on your exploration entry


Reminder

• Vocabulary Lesson should be completed by Friday (I will remind you tomorrow)

Exploration!

Let's think about exploration!



We have learned about two different explorers from different countries. Now, it is time to think about exploration. Use what you have learned from these important historical people and think about the idea of exploring.

You are going to be writing an essay very soon in Canadian Studies, but you are going to first think about the topics.

Topics
1. Exploration is important for countries.
2. Exploration can create conflict and misunderstanding.

Your job today:

1. Can you find three different pictures to show how exploration is important for countries? Explain each one carefully in 5-8 sentences. Each picture should show a different perspective on why exploration is important.

Remember to record where you got your picture from.

Bonus

• Answer the same questions for topic #2

The Fur Trade

Welcome back to a busy week! Here is your lesson for today!

The fur trade is very important to Canadian history. The beginnings of the fur trade began as the Europeans tried to find the Northwest Passage to Asia.

You have two computer classes to complete this.

What is the fur trade?

1. Find and post 5 pictures of the fur trade. Explain what you see in each picture in 5-8 sentences. (Remember to post where you got the picture from!)

You will be marked on...

• Depth of your writing (Do you think deep about the picture?)
  
• Grammar and Spelling (Do you write clearly and correctly?)
  
• Content (What did you write about?)
  
• Instructions (Did you post where you got the picture from? Do you have 5-8 sentences?)
• Effort (How much "heart" did you put into it?)
  

Homework

• Read page 223 in your textbook. There is some important information here for you!
• Finish this entry on the fur trade in two computer classes.
  

Have some free time when you are finished!

Download and try this at home!

www.rapidtyping.com

Jacques Cartier -The French Explorer

Jacques Cartier - The French Explorer

http://www.goingpostalt-shirts.com/CanadianT-shirts/Big/Cartier.jpg

Picture from: www.canadian-republic.ca

Who is Jacques Cartier?

Your Next Activity
Due Date: 2.5 Computer Classes

Instructions:
Blog your answers to the questions on your blog. Use 5-8 sentences.

1. Post 2 pictures of Jacques Cartier and explain what you see in the pictures.
What kind of man is he? What can you know from the pictures?

*** Remember to put the web address to tell me where you got the picture

2. Post 10 facts about Jacques Cartier.

3. Why is he important for the history of Canada?


4. When was Cartier sent to Canada? Why was he sent to explore? Who sent him?


5. Find a map of one of his voyages. Post it here and explain his voyage. Where did he go?



Part B: Let's watch some videos!

6. First Nations people were the original people who lived in Canada before the Europeans came. Imagine how you would feel seeing the Europeans for the first time. What would you think? What would you say? What would you do?

Watch this video and then answer question 6 carefully in 5-8 sentences.

Historica Minutes: Jacques Cartier
http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10123






7. Watch these two videos and answer the questions.

Video 1: Canada: A People's History: Jacques Cartier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NrAOWiVG_o&NR=1

a. What did you learn from this video in 5-8 sentences?

Video 2:
Hochelaga -- His journey continues...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj5tq5VfzIg

b. What did you learn from this video in 5-8 sentences?



8. What is scurvy? Find a picture of scurvy and post it on your blog.




9. What happened to Donnaconna?





10. How would you feel if you were Donnaconna or the Iroquois people? Would you be friends with the French after this experience?




11. Read page 221-222 of your textbook. The information on these pages are important.

Find the words in bold on these two pages. Translate them and write a new sentence with them using your own words. Post it here.


Bonus

• Find some more stamps with Jacques Cartier on them and post it here!

If you are finished...

Practise your typing!

Monday's Computer Lesson

Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/emperordalek/1995283001/

Please finish your Viking Ship entry by the end of today.
No late work will be marked.

Your new lesson is to find out about John Cabot.

Due date: Two Computer Classes to complete this lesson.

Please read carefully!

Aside from the Vikings, there were also other explorers that went to Canada. Your job is to find out about an Italian explorer by the name of John Cabot who went to North America. He was sent on this journey by Henry VII of England with a license to explore unknown lands.


Blog your answers to the following questions.

• Please answer with at least 3 sentences to get a passing mark.
• Spelling and grammar is important to your entry.

Questions

1. Find two pictures of John Cabot, post it. Remember to put the website address with the picture. Where did you find the picture?

Explain his picture in 3-5 sentences. What is he doing in the picture? What does he look like? Describe his appearance.

2. Who is John Cabot? Tell me ten facts (real information) about him.

3. Why is he important to Canadian history?

4. Why did he leave Europe?

5. What happened to John Cabot?

Watch these video clips. Remember to bring your earphones if you are listening to the computer at school.

6. When John Cabot reached Newfoundland's Grand Banks, he was surprised to find the large supply of cod. Watch this video clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=261-NYB7Sko
Find a picture of cod and post it up on your blog

7. Watch this clip. What did you learn from the video clip? Write 5-8 sentences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEWBJkyJKN8&feature=relatedLink


Bonus

1. What does his ship "Mathew" look like? Post a picture and include the web address where you got it from.

If you finish earlier than expected, please practise your typing!

Homework

• Read Page 219 of the textbook

Today

We worked on our Viking ships today! This was our last day! We are going to be going to the computer lab to practise our typing and have some fun!

Homework

1. Complete your Viking Ship Blog Post
2. Viking Ship


Bonus
*** Blog your day!

Today's Lesson!

Lesson for Today

15 minutes --- Find a typing game to practise your typing!

Try these for 5 minutes!

http://www.squidoo.com/free_typing_games
http://www.powertyping.com/baracuda/baracuda.htm

http://www.calculatorcat.com/typing_test/online.phtml

http://www.typingtest.com/default.asp?minutes=1&textfile=astronauts.txt&getfocus=1&start=Start+Typing+Test

Look for a new one and post a comment with the link to another typing site you like!

Then...

Find a picture of a viking ship you like and post it on your blog. Explain why you like this picture in 3-5 sentences.

Take care and check this blog later,

Ms. Chan

Today

Our Viking Ship project is almost finished!!!!!!!!!!!

Homework
1. Prepare Viking Ship materials!
2. Vocabulary 3ABCD (E if you have time)

Bonus
Blog it!

Today

We are continuing to work on our Viking Ships!

Homework

• Vocabulary 15ABC (D/E if you have time)
• Prepare Viking Ship materials
• Blog at least one sentence!!!!! I am going to check that tonight!

Today

I am so excited about our Viking ships! They are starting to really look good! It seems to be taking a little longer than expected but I like the quality and teamwork that is buzzing around the classroom!

Homework

Vocabulary -- 15A/B (Work on C/D/E if you are finished)
Prepare Viking Ship Materials (Must hand in on Friday)

Your ship will be marked on:

• Creative Design/Presentation
• Effort
• Teamwork
• Is it designed for Vikings?
• Waterproof for 10 minutes?

Homework

1. Prepare Viking Ship Materials
2. Lesson 15A

Remember to blog!

We had so much fun today! Great cheering!

Great job teams!!!!!!!

Today!

Just smile!

Today!


We had so much fun with our Viking ships! We decided to work on it! It's Friday and our classroom was filled with teamwork and creative thoughts (The sweet potato shaped figurehead)

The groups were all trying to come up with the most creative ideas! We had chopsticks everywhere! We had paper everywhere! We had great ideas everywhere!

Congratulations on such a wonderful class! It was so fun to see you all so excited to build your ships! Your teamwork and your smiles made today a great teaching moment!


Homework

1. Prepare materials for ship
Remember tape! Remember chopsticks! Remember your materials!

Vocabulary Quiz will not be on Monday because we have a short story quiz in English 10!

Due Date
Friday -- Viking Ship needs to be finished by the end of class!

Bonus

• Blog your day!

I love writing and reading!

Today

1. Viking Ship Project
2. Vocabulary Lesson 14 A-D


Homework

• Finish Vocabulary 14 A-D
• Prepare your materials for your ships!
• Longship worksheet

Bonus

Blog your day!

Today!

A MOMENT of HAPPINESS and CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE
@ Sun Village

Homework

1. Viking Longship Questions and Answers (Only for longship!)
2. Think about your Viking ship project. (Tomorrow you will have time to plan it out!)
3. Create your gmail account and blog

Remember

• It should look creative and well-designed
• Waterproof for 10 minutes
• Bring your materials

Bonus

• Start writing in ENGLISH in your blog!

Due Dates:

Next Friday (For now) --- Viking Ship Project

Welcome to the blog!! Please check your homework!

Today
1. Vocabulary Quiz on Lesson 12/13
2. Introduction to Homework Blog and Gmail

Checked:
Viking Connections (Make sure to finish this with 3-5 sentences)
Vocabulary Challenge!

Homework
1. Worldly Wise 14A/14B
2. Create a Gmail Account at www.gmail.com
3. Create a blogger account with your gmail account www.blogger.com
4. Make sure to edit your vocabulary challenge
5. Viking Ships Readings (You can preview this reading)


Due Dates:

Friday - Hand in your notebook with your homework

Crossroads Meeting of Nations

Today

1. Vocabulary Challenge for Lesson 1
2. The Vikings

Homework

Complete the vocabulary challenge.

• Write a story using all of the words you have learned from Lesson 1/12/13. Underline and number all the words.

The Vikings

• Make a connection to the readings on page 216 or video clips to show your understanding

*Challenge - You can make more than one

(Write it in your notebook with the story on "Gabriel and The Red Cow"