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

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

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

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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

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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

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"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

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

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Math - Metric Conversions, Area and Perimeter

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

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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...

Language / Social Studies - Capybara: Nature's Gentle Giant and Unlikely Spa Enthusiast

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Clothing, Transportation and Tools of the Past

Hello!

I hope you are having a great day. I have posted more videos about life in colonial times. I have posted a Google question sheet for you to fill out below. Your task is to watch one video from each heading and fill out a Google form about the video you selected.

Please ensure you check your answers for spelling, punctuation and capitals.

Videos

Fashion and Clothing

Transportation - Canoes

Tools and Supplies

Language / Social Studies - Cruise Ships - Pollution Problem?

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Language / Science - What is a wind turbine and is there a problem with recycling them?

Video on Wind Turbine Components - https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/edu-wind-turbines/

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Reading Comprehension / Social Studies - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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Mathematics - Measurement and Cost Problems

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Language / Biography - Stevie Wonder: A Musical Prodigy and Icon

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Language / Social Studies - Biography: Vladimir Putin

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Math - Budgeting and Percentages

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Math - Finance - Calculating a Discount

Language / Social Studies - Moving Mountains (Ring of Fire)

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Math - Calculating Discounts

This is one example of calculating a discount.

Math - Word Problems

Language - Reading Comprehension - The World of Ansel Adams

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What is Happening in this Picture?

Writing Prompt - What is Happening in this Picture?

Pick one of the pictures above and write a story about what you believe is happening in the picture. Please use Google Docs to write your story and then share it with me. Click on the shared button in the top right corner of the screen. My email is: justin.tessier@ed.amdsb.ca

Remember to use capitals, full sentences and proper punctuation. Your story should be no longer than two paragraphs and must have something to do with the picture you chose. Please remember to edit your work before you share it with me.