Ogopogo vs. The Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Two Lake Creatures

                     

Here is a link to the reading - Ogopogo vs. The Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Two Lake Creatures

Please complete the reading and answer the questions on the Google form below.

Pablo Picasso

 

                             

Click the link to read a biography on Pablo Picasso and a cool activity once you are done.

 

Link to the biography and worksheet. - Pablo Picasso

You can complete the activity digitally on Google Slides.  Make sure you share your work!

Language - Reading Comprehension - Chess

Here is the link to the text - Chess

Online Chess for Beginners

Chess.org

Please read the text above and answer the questions on the Google Form below.

Language / Social Studies - The CN Tower: Toronto's Iconic Landmark

 

                                  

Here is a link to the reading passage: The CN Tower: Toronto's Iconic Landmark

Please read the passage above and answer the questions on the Google form below.

The History of Macaroni and Cheese

Hello,

Today, we are going to investigate the history of macaroni and cheese.  Please watch the videos and complete the Google form below.  Remember to read the questions before you start watching the videos and take notes to ensure you remember important information.

Videos

Great Big Story - An Interesting Presidential Link

Link : https://www.facebook.com/greatbigstory/videos/1564386133863814/

Townsends - Colonial Mac and Cheese

The Walrus - Macaroni and Cheese - Canada

A Brie(f) History of Cheese

Questions:

Language / Social Studies - The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa

 

                       

Here is a link to the text - The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa

Please read the text linked above and answer the questions on the Google form below.

Language - Reading Comprehension - Manon Rheaume: Hockey Player

 

Please read the text above and complete the Google Form below.  Please read the questions before reading the text.

Give credit to Desi B.

Language / Social Studies - Antarctica

                          

Please watch the videos and read the text above and answer the questions on the Google Form below.

Language / Health - Reading Comprehension - Immune Troops! Move In!

 

Here is the link to the reading: Immune Troops! Move In!

Please watch the video and read the text linked above.  Please answer the questions on the Google form.

Finding the Area of a Triangle

 

Language - Reading Comprehension - Money

 

           

Here is the link to the article - Money

Please watch the videos and read the article above and answer the questions on the Google form below.  Please ensure you read the questions before you start the videos or reading.

Language / Social Studies - The Ghost Army: Deception and Ingenuity in World War II

 

                          

Here is a link to the reading: The Ghost Army: Deception and Ingenuity in World War II

Please complete the reading linked above and answer the questions on the Google form.

Language/Health - Your Hair Is Dead

Please read the article and watch the video above and then answer the questions on the Google form below.

Language - The First Video Games and How They Changed the Market

Pong - https://www.ponggame.org/

Space War! - https://www.masswerk.at/spacewar/

Space Invaders - https://spaceinvaders.viperfish.com.au/

Pac Man - https://www.echalk.co.uk/amusements/Games/Pacman/pacman.html

Donkey Kong - https://www.retrogames.cz/play_001-NES.php

Here is a link to the text - The First Video Games and How They Changed the Market

Please complete the reading above and answer the questions on the Google form below.

Math - Measurement Word Problems

Language / Science - Chuck Yeager: The Sound Barrier Breaker

 

                            

Here is a link to the reading: Chuck Yeager: The Sound Barrier Breaker

Please read the text linked above and answer the questions on the Google form below.

Language - Reading Comprehension - Albert Einstein

 

Please read the article above by clicking on the image and answer the questions on the Google form below.  Please ensure you read the questions before you start the article.

Oral Communication - The Vinyl Cafe - The Present

 

     

Students are to listen to the story above and fill in the sections of the Plot Diagram.  It will be important to write notes during the story so you can remember important events. 

You will also be tasked with drawing a picture of an important part of the story with a caption below.

Thank you.

Language - Reading Comprehension - There’s Still Gold in Those Hills

 

Here is the link to the text: There’s Still Gold in Those Hills

Please read the article linked above and finish the Google form below.

Novel Study – Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat

  

Please research some basic facts about Farley Mowat’s life.  Find out (what, when, how and why) he started to write and include some major events that may of lead to him writing the types of books he writes.  Please keep your research to one or two paragraphs.  Post your response in Google Docs and share it with me -  justin.tessier@ed.amdsb.ca

Create a t-chart at your desk with your elbow partners and write about some of the differences you have noticed between how the characters are portrayed in the book and how the characters are portrayed in the film.  Write about those differences in Google Docs and share it with me.  Please use full sentences when developing your answer.

Language / History - Reading / Oral Comprehension - D.B. Cooper

 

      

Here is a link to the text: D.B. Cooper

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Language / Finance - How Fast Food Companies Use Marketing Tricks to Get You to Spend Your Money

 

  

Here is a link to the reading: How Fast Food Companies Use Marketing Tricks

Please complete the reading above and answer the questions on the Google form below.

Language / Reading Comprehension - Elon Musk - American Entrepreneur

 

Here is the link to the reading - Elon Musk - American Entrepreneur

Please read the passage above and answer the question on the Google form below.

Language / Social Studies - Tim Horton: The Legacy of a Canadian Icon and Coffee Entrepreneur

 

                                  

Here is a link to the text: Tim Horton: The Legacy of a Canadian Icon and Coffee Entrepreneur

Please read the text and answer the Google form below.

Print Advertising Assignment

Print Advertising

Students are to design a print advertisement for an imaginary product that you would like to invent or a product that already exists. You must use a minimum of four advertisement strategies we have discussed in class to help develop your idea. You may create your print advertisement in Google Slides.

Please ensure that you use proper spelling, punctuation and sentence structure before you share your work. Please hand in your work by sharing it in Google Drive. (justin.tessier@ed.amdsb.ca)

Language / Biography - Rakim: The God MC

                        

Here is a link to the reading - Rakim - The God MC

Please read the text linked above and answer the questions on the Google form.

Media Literacy - Inventors - The LEGO Story

Please watch the video above and answer the questions on the Google form below.  Please ensure you read all the questions before you start watching the video.  You may need a scrap piece of paper to write down ideas for the final question as you watch.  Try to remember our advertising lessons in class!

Science - Electricity - How does an Electric Motor Work?

 

Please watch the video above and answer the questions on the Google form below.  Please ensure you read all the questions before you start watching the video.

Language / Science - Nikola Tesla: A Trailblazer of Innovation from Childhood to Revolutionary Inventions

                           

Here is a link to the reading: Nikola Tesla: A Trailblazer of Innovation from Childhood to Revolutionary Inventions

Please read the text linked above and answer the questions on the Google form below.

Language / Social Studies - Watery Giants

 

Here is a link to the reading: Watery Giants

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Language - Biographies - Johnny Cash: The Man in Black

 

                                 

Here is the link to the text: Johnny Cash: The Man in Black

Please read the text linked above and answer the questions on the Google Form below.

Math - Mixed Operation Word Problems - Review of Terminology

 

Language / Social Studies - Canadian Pump Brings Water to the World

 

Language / Social Studies - The History of Alcatraz

Here is the link to the text: The History of Alcatraz

Please complete the reading above and answer the questions on the Google form below.

Social Studies / Language - The Iditarod Sled Dog Race

 

                 

                  

Please watch the videos and read the text above and then answer the Google form below.

The Cremation of Sam McGee - Robert W. Service

The Cremation of Sam McGee - Read by Johnny Cash - YouTube

Link to the text of the poem - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45081/the-cremation-of-sam-mcgee - Text version by Robert W. Service

Remember to look for clues to the answers while your are reading and listening to the poem. Please answer the questions in the Google Form below.  Please check your spelling, sentence structure, capitals and punctuation before submitting your work.

Language / Social Studies - The Life and Achievements of Bob Marley

 

           

Here is a link to the reading: The Life and Achievements of Bob Marley

Please read the text linked above and answer the questions on the Google form below.

Science / Language - Which is More Destructive: Lava or Lasers?

 

Here is the link to the text: Which is More Destructive: Lava or Lasers?

Please read the text linked above and answer the questions on the Google form.

Language / Media Literacy - The Story of YouTube: A Journey Through Time

Here is the link to the reading - The Story of YouTube: A Journey Through Time

Please read the text above and complete the Google form below.

Science - Electricity - Bill Nye

 

Please watch the Bill Nye video on electricity above and answer the Google Form below.  Remember to read the questions before you start watching the video.

Math - Perimeter, Area and Volume

 

Language - Media Literacy - Print Advertisements

 

Hello, 

Today, we are going to be taking a look at print advertisements the same way we looked at commercials in our prior lesson.  Please pick two advertisements and identify what advertising strategies the companies are using from the list below.  After you have selected what strategies you feel are being used in the print ad, complete the Google Form below.

 

Advertising Strategies

 

Advertising Strategies Sheets - Click to View

 

"Often advertising is not about keeping up with the Joneses, but about separating you from them. That's especially true of advertising directed at a particular group, such as adolescents or young-adults--it's called 'dog-whistle' advertising because it goes out at frequencies only dogs can hear."

- Dr. James Twitchell
Smithsonian, April 2000


Assignment:
Select 3 school appropriate advertisements from different product groups. (Product groups can include: food, clothing, cosmetics, games and toys or sporting equipment.) The advertisements are commercials that you have seen either online or on TV that have appealed to you. You can search for the advertisement on YouTube.

After you view each ad, answer the following questions on the Google Form below: (yes, you must complete a form for each ad)


Copy and paste the link of your ad. Make sure you check your work for capitals, punctuation and sentence structure. 

Language - Reading Comprehension - Body Language

 

Here is the link to the text - Body Language

Please click on the link above, read the text and answer the questions on the Google form below.

Please read the questions before you start reading the text.

Language / Social Studies - The Founder of Domino's Pizza and Its Impact on the Fast Food Industry

                   

Here is a link to the reading - The Founder of Domino's Pizza and Its Impact on the Fast Food Industry

Please complete the reading by accessing the link above and complete the form below.

Math - Metric Conversions, Area and Perimeter

 

 

Language / Social Studies - Jeff Bezos and the Story of Amazon

 

               

Here is a link to the text - Jeff Bezos and the Story of Amazon

Please complete the reading by clicking the link above and answer the questions below.

Math Worksheet - Perimeter and Area

 Hello, Grade 6!

This post includes a question sheet for perimeter and area as well as some anchor charts to help you calculate area and perimeter.  Please complete the question sheet below.

 

The Honey Badger - Reading Comprehension

Honey Badgers - PBS 

 

Honey Badgers

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Refer to the text to check your answers when appropriate.

What's fiercer than a lion but smaller than a beagle? The honey badger, one of the toughest mammals in Africa and western Asia. Honey badgers stand less than a foot high. They are only a couple feet long. They weigh just over 20 pounds. Yet they have a reputation for toughness that is far greater than their size. Some honey badgers will chase away lions and take their kills. I guess that goes to show you that size isn't the only thing that matters in a fight.   So what makes the honey badger so tough? They have speed, stamina, and agility, but so do many animals. They aren't stronger than lions, so how do they stop them?  The thing that sets the honey badger apart is their skin. Their skin is thick and tough. Arrows, spears, and bites from other animals can rarely pierce it. Small bullets can't even penetrate it. Not only is their skin thick and tough, it is also loose. This allows them to twist and turn to attack while another animal is gripping them. The only safe grip one can get on a honey badger is on the back of their necks.   Honey badgers have long, sharp claws. These claws are good for attacking and even better for digging. Honey badgers are some of nature's most skilled diggers. They can dig a nine-foot tunnel into hard ground in about 10 minutes. They love to catch a meal by digging up the burrows of frogs, rodents, and cobras. They also use their digging skills to create their homes. They live in small chambers in the ground and defend them fiercely. They will attack horses, cows, and even water buffalo if they are foolish enough to poke around a honey badger's den.

You don't get a reputation like the honey badger by running from danger. The honey badger is fearless and a tireless fighter. They will attack any creature that threatens them, man included. Because of the honey badger's reputation, most predators avoid them. Some animals use the honey badger's rep to their advantage. Adult cheetahs have spotted coats, but their kittens have silver manes and look like honey badgers. Some scientists believe that their coloring tricks predators into avoiding them. Wouldn't you walk the other way if you saw a honey badger?   You might be wondering: "If honey badgers are so tough, how did they get a name that makes them sound like a piece of candy?" The answer makes sense. Since honey badgers have such thick skin, bee stings rarely harm them. So honey badgers love to raid beehives. I can't blame them. Who doesn't like free honey? Honey badgers chase after honey aggressively. So much so that beekeepers in Africa have to use electric fencing to hold them back. There's nothing sweet about that. Beekeepers aren't the only people who have grown to hate honey badgers. Honey badgers may be fun to read about, but they are nasty neighbors. They attack chickens, livestock, and some say children, though they usually leave people alone.  But if a honey badger moves in your backyard, there's not a whole lot that you can do about it. I mean, are you going to go and tangle with an animal that eats the bones of its prey? An animal with teeth strong enough to crunch through turtle shells? An animal that never tires, gives up, or backs down? Yeah, I wouldn't either...