Posted: May 5, 2020
SOCIAL STUDIES 9U
Here is the home learning for the week. It is a continuation of the lessons on Canada's history. This week is Confederation (when the provinces joined together to form Canada).
Please read all instructions carefully.
All work can be answered on the document and then resaved and sent back to me if you'd like feedback.
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Posted: May 4, 2020
GRADE 6J LANGUAGE ARTS
Home Learning Plan
Mon. May 4th – Fri. May 10th
1. Read 20 minutes silently everyday
2. Read and respond to this week’s Common Lit assignments (one fiction, one non-fiction). “Funeral” (short story memoir) & “Diary of a Teenage Refugee” (informational text).
3. Writing Activity: Journal the alphabet with words or phrases (ie: A=April winds blow cold against my cheeks, B=, C=, D=ducks float in the river, playing the day). Take notes on your surroundings in nature to guide you in doing this activity. Write words you see, hear, smell or think. (this can be done over a few days but keep it connected to nature and those things you see, hear, smell, feel)
4. Complete ANY 2 of the attached options for Quickwrites this week (I have one listed for every day and while you are free to do it every day for 5 minutes (go for longer if you wish…but don’t go past 15minutes), aim for 2. Feel free to share these with me via email, Microsoft Teams or on our weekly call. I encourage you to share your writing with somebody at home too.
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Monday | Think about the following quote and what it means and then write how the idea applies to your life, “Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Einstein |
Tuesday | Write a story using these 5 words: apple, train, elephant, paper, banjo |
Wednesday | Imagine what would happen if someone shrunk you down to be only 1″ tall. How would your life change? |
Thursday |
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Friday | Archeologists have uncovered ancient flutes carved from bird bones and mammoth ivory, showing that music has been with us for a very long time. Even so, what is music for? It doesn’t provide food or shelter. It doesn’t cure disease or solve problems. What does music do? Write an essay that tells what music does for human beings and argues for its value in our lives. |
Posted: May 4, 2020
GRADE 8C LANGUAGE ARTS
Home Learning Plan
Mon. May 4th – Fri. May 10th
1. Read 20 minutes silently everyday.
2. Read and respond to this week’s Common Lit assignments (one fiction, one non-fiction). “Casey at the Bat” (fictional poem) & “How Do We Tell Right from Wrong” (informational text).
3. Writing Activity: In preparation for a writing activity next week, I’d like you to answer these 5 questions and return them to me in an email: a)When I grow up I want to be….(and why)?, b) Something that other people may not know about me is…. c) My most favourite school memory is….? d)My favourite thing to do is…. e) My favourite saying or quote is…..
4. Complete ANY 2 of the attached options for Quickwrites this week (I have one listed for every day and while you are free to do it every day for 5 minutes (go for longer if you wish…but don’t go past 15minutes), aim for 2. Feel free to share these with me via email, Microsoft Teams or on our weekly call. I encourage you to share your writing with somebody at home too.
Quickwrites | |
Monday | Think about the following quote and what it means and then write how the idea applies to your life, “Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Einstein |
Tuesday | Write a story using these 5 words: apple, train, elephant, paper, banjo |
Wednesday | Imagine what would happen if someone shrunk you down to be only 1″ tall. How would your life change? |
Thursday |
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Friday | Archeologists have uncovered ancient flutes carved from bird bones and mammoth ivory, showing that music has been with us for a very long time. Even so, what is music for? It doesn’t provide food or shelter. It doesn’t cure disease or solve problems. What does music do? Write an essay that tells what music does for human beings and argues for its value in our lives. |
Posted: May 3, 2020
While this week's Law 120 assignments are heavy on reading, the assignments to complete are all Check Your Understanding assignments. As you complete them, please submit them so I can review and give you the thumbs up to continue.
Thank you, and have a great week.
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| week_5a_-_parties_to_an_offence.docx | 1.44 MB |
| week_5b_-_types_of_offences.docx | 81.77 KB |
Posted: April 27, 2020
Here are this week's Home Learning tasks. Remember, if attempting this course for Credit you must complete them all.
Further, Week 4a assignment has a mandatory reading that I've attached as a PDF titled "Try Judging".
Good luck and have a great week.
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| week_4a_-_the_criminal_code_of_canada.docx | 438.93 KB |
 week_4a_resource_-_m01_tryjudging_resource.pdf | 254.63 KB |
| week_4b_-_elements_of_a_criminal_offence.docx | 342.69 KB |
Posted: April 27, 2020
This week's home learning activities are taken from the Historica document "Canada Past & Present: A Citizenship Education Guide."
You will find these activities more straightforward than what we have been doing and ALL activities going forward will be similar and will deal with either Canadian history or Canadian citizenship.
In the attached document are two activities;
Activity 3: The Fur Trade
Activity 4: The Seven Years War
There are step by step directions/questions that you have to complete for each. The associated Worksheets are also attached within the document.
Good luck, have a great week. And if you need ANY help, please reach out.
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| 2._confederation.docx | 1.21 MB |
Posted: April 27, 2020
Home Learning Plan
Mon. April 27th – Fri. May 1st
Read 20 minutes silently everyday.
Read and respond to this week’s Common Lit assignments (one fiction, one non-fiction). Please try to make notes or highlight what the instructions suggest you should focus on for each reading.
Complete ANY 2 of the attached options for Quickwrites this week (I have one listed for every day and while you are free to do it every day for 5 minutes (go for longer if you wish…but don’t go past 15minutes), aim for 2. Feel free to share these with me via email, Microsoft Teams or on our weekly call. I encourage you to share your writing with somebody at home too.
Try to complete two IXL.com Language Arts activities (if you need a login, just email me or ask when I call for a check in this week).
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Monday | Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” Write a narrative about a time when you did something you thought you could not do. Be sure to include specific details so that a reader can follow your story. |
Tuesday | Write about someone who has no enemies. Is it even possible? |
Wednesday | You have a chance to go back and completely re-do an event in your life. What is it, and how to you change it? What is the outcome? This can be a real or fictional event. |
Thursday |
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Friday | Write a biography of one of your parents or grandparents. Make it interesting, but factual. |
Posted: April 20, 2020
Firstly, I'd like to say how pleased I am with the work that has been returned to me to date for feedback and review. It has been exceptionally well done all around. Thank you.
Secondly, it may seem like the work below is an awful lot. The reason for that is the clarification from the Department of Education and the communique from the District that sets out the explanation for Grade 12s for recieving a credit in courses. In order to do, they must prove they meet the curricular outcomes and as such may be expected to do more than the 2.5-3 hours of work a week. As such, I have provided below lessons for 2 curricular outcomes. If you are hoping to recieve 'Credit' rather than simply 'Enrolled' in Law 120, the expectation is you will complete both and I will continue to provide you feedback.
Here are the two latest lessons for Law 120. They can be done in any order and deal with the following 2 outcomes:
1.6: Analyse the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to identify the rights, freedoms adn responsibilities of New Brunswick citizens
1.10: identify and describe the structure, powers and jurisdictions of the federal and provincial courts.
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| rights_freedoms_in_canada.docx | 448.74 KB |
| federal_and_provincial_courts.docx | 388.47 KB |
Posted: April 20, 2020
The attached document has all the work for the week and looks at in-migration and out-migration from provinces and provides you a website (Statistics Canada) that discusses the effect on communities and provinces of this migration.
It may look long...it is not. Take your time reading, the instructions are clear if you follow them step-by-step.
As always, reach out if you are have questions or need help.
Have a good week and stay safe.
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| canada_on_the_move.docx | 22.71 KB |
Posted: April 20, 2020
Home Learning Plan
Mon. April 20th – Fri. Apr. 24th
1. Read 20 minutes silently at least 3 days a week.
2. Complete 2 of the attached options for Quickwrites this week (I have one listed for every day and while you are free to do it every day for 5 minutes, aim for 2; same format as we did in class everyday) Feel free to share these with me via email, Microsoft Teams or on our weekly call. I encourage you to share your writing with somebody at home too.
3. Read and respond to this week’s Common Lit assignments (one fiction, one non-fiction). Please try to make notes or highlight what the instructions suggest you should focus on for each reading.
4. Try to complete two IXL.com Language Arts activities (if you need a login, just email me or ask when I call for a check in this week).
Quickwrites | |
Monday | Create a list of 5 things you want to do with your friends when you can get together again. Explain why you chose these things. |
Tuesday | Think of what your school is like at lunchtime. Pick one particular place, and picture it in your mind. This place could be large or small. In a composition, describe clearly to a friend what the place is like at lunchtime so your friend can imagine what it is like to be there. |
Wednesday | It has been said that television has little real educational value. What is your opinion on this issue? State your opinion and support it with convincing reasons. Be sure to explain your reasons in detail. |
Thursday | Think about the last time you attended a special event such as a concert, a fair, or a sports event. Describe what it was like to be there and include sights, sounds, and smells that will make the reader feel he or she is there with you. |
Friday | Make a bucket list of 3-5 places you would like to visit. What do you want to do or see at each place? |
