Assignments for the week of December 2-6

7-1 and 7-4
Reading Response 2: This is a student choice for the book. Either on the book list or off the list is fine. Follow the same format as RR1. It is under the Resources tab if you forgot.
Writing will be due this Friday. Visuals due next Tuesday.

7-1, 7-2 and 7-4
Social Studies: Choose a Pre-Confederation event that you are most interested in. Review your 3 word notes from the slide doc and from the textbook. Figure out 3 reasons why you think your chosen event was important to Canadian history.
Write 1 paragraph explaining why you think your event was important. Explain your 3 reasons in detail. Due this Thursday.

Pre-Confederation Events Timeline

Click on Resources and scroll to find the Pre-Confederation Events Timeline. Use the 3 word note taking strategy to complete events up and including Battle on the Plains of Abraham. Remember that names, numbers and symbols are free.

Great Show!

We all loved the show! Theatre Calgary's A Christmas Carol was wonderful. The play reminded us to help others less fortunate than ourselves and to be kind to all people.

Reading Response and Canadian History

We started the writing and visual for the first Reading Response. It is in Google Drive, titled 7-1-RR1-Name or 7-4-RR1-Name.
7-2 is doing their reading response with Mrs. Knight.

We also started our Pre-Confederation Canadian history with the first contact with the Europeans. 7-1, 7-2 and 7-4 will be discussing the exploration and colonizing of Canada over the next weeks.

Reading Response for The Crazy Man

We are starting our reading response for The Crazy Man. A reading response differs from a traditional book report because it asks you to relate and reflect on a book. You are required to compare your life experiences and the emotions you felt to a character's experiences and emotions. You are also required to reflect on their decisions. Click Resources for the format. 

Destination Canada Postcards

Examples of student created postcards of Montreal.

A visit with Mark, our studio artist

We visited our W.P.S. studio artist, Mark Vazquez-Mackay, to learn about his process of creating art.
It was fascinating to hear him explain his thoughts and ideas. We also thought it was "cool to have 3D stuff attached to a painting". It was interesting to listen Mark explain how he made is canvases and easel. He also said "You can't judge a painting before it's finished."