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

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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

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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

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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

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Language/Health - Your Hair Is Dead

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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

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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

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Language / Reading Comprehension - Elon Musk - American Entrepreneur

 

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

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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.