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MouthWateringly Delicious!

11/30/2017

 
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For your blog post this week, I’d like each of you to think in your head about what your favourite food in the whole world is!  Picture that food in your mind, how it looks, smells, tastes, sounds when it’s cooking.  Have you got it?   Good.  Now here’s the challenge, can you write a descriptive paragraph that doesn’t mention what your food is but describes it so well that your classmates can guess what it is?  The world of food and wine website has some great words that you can use to help you in your challenge!
As an example: “It’s colour is burned a deep amber hue,  the outside hard, crunchy, almost black with flavour.  The smell is powerful, smokey, and tantalizing.  As I take my sharp knife and cut through the bark, the heat rises out in steamy tendrils.  I pour the thin, vinegary barbecue sauce into the glass bowl, with the piled up meat.  It’s rich, meaty smell hits my nose and I use my knife and fork to cut through it.  The taste is strong, meaty and delicious and as I put it on the bun, I cannot wait to bite into it!

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Wonder: The Movie v The Book

11/23/2017

 
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Think back to watching the Wonder movie last week.  What did you like, not like?  Did you find a big difference between the movie and book?  For your blog post this week, I’d like each of you to write a paragraph that talks about what you liked, didn’t like and talk about three differences you saw in the movie that weren’t in the book.  For each difference, explain why you think the director chose to do it differently.  For example, one difference I noticed in the movie was that during the graduation, all the students sat with their families instead of together at the front of the hall.  I didn’t understand this difference at all and the only reason I can think that the director chose this was because they wanted to show his parents and him together when he won the award but I still didn’t like the difference.  I think the scene is more powerful if he goes up from his row with his classmates and then you could see his parents away from him cheering.  Choose your own three differences from the movie and talk about them!

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Fake News -- Could this be Real?!?

11/16/2017

 
Watch this video of a CRAZY jump that has over 6 million views on youtube. What I want to know is, do you think it’s real?  What proof do you have that this is true and accurate.  What do the creators of the video do to give this video validity and authenticity?
We live in an era where we hear the term “fake news” constantly.  But can we recognize when news is fake and when it’s real?  For your blog post this week, I want you to jot down how do you recognize when a story is fake, and can you post an example of “clickbait” (screenshot if you can) or describe how you know when something is clickbait.
I can give you a prompt to start your blog:
I think that this video "is" OR "is not" real.  The proof I have for my opinion is …
Write your paragraph that talks about both the video and how you separate fact from fiction when you’re on the internet!


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The Celebrated Frog Jumping Contest!

11/8/2017

 
Over the past few weeks in math we’ve been working on algebra through the lens of the frog jumping contest made famous by Mark Twain in his short story.  For your blog post this week, watch the following video that uses Lego People to tell the story, then summarize what you think the story is about in the comments below.  If you’d like to see the story itself in its text form, here is a link.

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Thank you for your Service!

11/2/2017

 
Saturday is Remembrance Day and it’s time to think about the freedoms that we enjoy as Canadians.  It is also a time to thank those that have given their lives, limbs, and time to serving our country.  Watch the video above this week and try to visualize what it must have been like in World War 1 or 2, or what it’s like now, to be in another country, far from your family, fighting for freedom.  This week, you have a poetry blog post.  Can you write a poem that thanks those who are fighting for us now, or who have fought for our freedom as Canadians.  Your poem can be any form that you choose, but remember, you’re writing it to honour and thank those who have fought in wars so that we can be free!

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