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The gift of learning

April 25, 2008 – 6:37 am

In The Ultimate Gift, Jason learns a lot about his grandfather through the video montage that he made before he died.

Oral history projects preserve part of an individual’s life history - as viewed through that person’s eyes, experi­ences and memories.

Think about an adult or senior (this can be a family member, neighbor, teacher, etc.) that you would like to know more about.

Find out about this person’s childhood and the person/people who had the greatest impact on his/her life.

Assignment

1. Choose a person that you know personally that would like to learn more about and tell me in a five sentence paragraph why you chose that person. Leave your answer in the comment box.

2. Arrange to interview that person and find out more about him or her.

Here are some questions to help you get started. You may include other questions as well.

  1. Where were you born and when? What was your family like growing up?
  2. What are some major events that took place during your lifetime? How did they affect you?
  3. Who was your closest friend growing up? Did you remain friends with that person into adulthood?
  4. Who is/are the person/ people who made the biggest impact on your life? Why? How did you change as a result of the person/people?
  5. Do you remember someone saying something to you that had a significant impact on how you lived your life? What was it?
  6. What were the most difficult choices you ever had to make? Do you think you made the right deci­sions? Would you go back and do anything differently?

3. Create a biography cube so that each of the six sides summarizes an aspect of the person’s life and summarizes the answers to each of the six questions above. Use graphics and text to make your cube.

Hint

Your cube will have graphics and writing on each side. One set of questions will go on one side of the biography cube.

Due Dates:

1. The paragraph is due April 28, 2008

2. The answer to the interview questions are due Friday, May 2, 2008 .

3. The Biography Cube is due Wed May 7, 2008 at the end of class.

Hints

1. Use light weight construction paper to create your cube.

2. I will provide you with a pattern you can use for your cube when it comes time to make it.

This assignment was created by Mrs. Hartjes - yay Mrs. Hartjes!

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Songs and Poems in Praise of Moms

April 23, 2008 – 10:11 am

Today you need to find a song or a poem to include in your cards.

Think about what you want to say to your mom in appreciation for all that she does and wants for you.

(image from: http://www.artbysheldon.com/imgs/thumbs/Mother’s_LoveT.jpg)

You can do a search on google for your song’s lyrics. Here are some I found:

Snoop Dogg - I Love My Momma

Brand Nubian - Momma

Kanye West - Hey Mama

Talib Kwali - Momma can you hear me? 

(Hear it here)

Boyz II Men - A Song for Mama

2pac - Dear Mama

Spice Girls - Mama

Write a comment to this post letting me know which song or poem you have chosen and WHY you chose that one. If it is not one from this list, REMEMBER to INCLUDE A LINK TO THE LYRICS!

(Kanye West and his mother Donda. Image found here)

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Flip Book Fun

April 10, 2008 – 6:42 am

Yesterday Conner introduced me to this website that is a lot of fun. Look at what I made!

I’d like you to…

  • go to the website
  • check out the gallery
  • play around, experiment with what you can do
  • create a flip book animation that shows something with simple machines (think robots, doors, vehicles, use your imagination!)
  • Save the flip book and then put its name and address as a comment to this post so we can all see it! (look at my comment for an example)

Here is the website —> FlipBooks

Oh yeah, try to make yours a bit more interesting than mine!

If you want some ideas, try browsing these websites:

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Machine Search

April 2, 2008 – 5:32 am

This is the document you need to fill out:

science-presentation.doc

These are sites to help do the research:

Simple Machines on mikids.com

Simple Machines Learning Site

Wow - so many sites about simple machines!! Are you ready for them? ;)

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The Gift of Work

March 27, 2008 – 10:41 am

tn2_ultimate_gift_2.jpg 

(This assignment was ‘borrowed’ from Mrs. Hartjes :) )

Please answer the following questions in the comment box at the end of the assignment on Mrs Hartjes’ Blog.

Please use standard English- no MSN English

Please edit your work before you submit it to Mrs. Hartjes’ blog. Use Word and/or the text-to-speech website.

The Gift of Work

Have you ever had a job? This can be anything even volunteer work (40 hours) or even baby sitting your brother or sisters:

Tell me about it.

  1. This job was…
  2. My responsibilities included…
  3. The amount of time I put into this job was…
  4. Lessons/ Information I gained from this experience…
  5. This job help me prepare for future work by…

A Future Job

In the future

  1. A job I would like to have is…
  2. In order to do this job effectively I will have to learn and do the following…
  3. By successfully taking on this job, I should feel…

Please go back and check to see that you used standard English and not MSN English. Thanks )

REMEMBER:

Please answer the following questions in the comment box at the end of the assignment on Mrs Hartjes’ Blog.

questions from http://www.youthfilmproject.org/ultimategift.htm

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Stabbing Friends??

March 20, 2008 – 6:02 am

I think we have all heard the expression to be stabbed in the back.

A friend of mine, Mrs. Hartjes, created a blog post for her students about a writer named Oscar Wilde who once wrote:

True friends stab you in the front 

Think about what this means and write a comment about this.

Today we will do something different - I want you to post your comment on Mrs. Hartjes’ blog

HERE 

image from caffeinated_zeitgeist on flickr

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Where have we been and where are we going?

March 19, 2008 – 7:45 am

Download this map (click on it, when it is big you can right-click on it and choose ’save picture as’):

montrealmetro1.jpg

Open it up in Paint and draw on it, showing where we have been so far.

Use different colours and/or symbols to show different places.

Upload the completed map to your blog and write a paragraph describing the map.

When you are finished…

  • Do a search for different activities we can do in Montreal.

           Key words you can use: Montreal, activities, tourist, things to do in Montreal….

  • Write a comment to THIS POST about some things you would like to do on travel days in the future.

           Be specific. Don’t write, ‘I would like to go skateboarding.’ Write about exactly where you want to     go  and how we can get there.
:)

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Simple Machines: part 2

March 13, 2008 – 6:38 am

If your name is on the list you MUST submit your comment HERE before going any further:

  • Shak
  • Troy
  • Tyler

Everyone else:

  • Go back to the website
  • Fill out the grid about simple machines
  • Answer the questions about simple machines

If you finish, come get the 2nd worksheet about compound machines.

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Simple Machines

March 11, 2008 – 6:34 am

What do you know about simple machines?

Finished?

Go comment on other students’ blogs. I expect you to comment on everybody’s blog!

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Creative writing quicky

February 26, 2008 – 8:47 am

Choose an image to write a story about.

Minimum 200 words :)
Write your story in Word and post it as a comment on MY BLOG!

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