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Thursday 31 January 2013

Jan 31st transformational geometry text & sketchpad

2D Transformational Geometry


  1. Translation (Slide)
  2. Reflection (Flip)
  3. Rotation (Turn)
Complete Do You Remember pg.227 Q1-9

Today's work:











On your netbooks, go to Numeracy and open Geometer's Sketchpad.  Plot triangle with the following coordinates A(3,4)  B(1,1)  C(5,1)
  • translate (slide) triangle ABC 5 units left, 3 units down; plot new triangle & new coordinates
  • reflect (flip) triangle ABC in y-axis (vertical) and in x-axis (horizontal); plot new triangle & new coordinates
  • rotate (turn) triangle ABC counter-clockwise 180 degrees; plot new triangle & new coordinates


HEALTH JAN 31st


Health - being physically active / nutrition

Participaction videos:



ASSIGNMENT

CHOOSE

[a] MEAL PLAN: retrieve (online or from the store) nutritional information for McDonald or Tim Hortons or other restaurant. Create a healthy meal plan. Ask yourself:
·       What would I eat if I wanted to be healthy?
·       If you had to purchase healthy lunch, breakfast OR dinner at either one of these restaurants, how would you ensure that it would contain a healthy balance of proteins, carbs, sugar, salt, fats, calories, etc...
·       Include the nutritional information!!

[b] YOUR OWN ‘PARTICIPACTION’ BROCHURE: create an advertising brochure for physical activity for kids / teens. Ask yourself:
·       How can I make physical activity seem ‘cool’ and interesting? Appealing to young people?
·       Use Microsoft Publisher or Windows MovieMaker


[c] POWERPOINT POSTER: create a poster on Powerpoint advertising the benefits of physical activity and / or healthy eating. Ask yourselves the same questions as from option [b]
·       Create a SLOGAN for your Powerpoint ‘virtual’ poster
·       Healthy eating habits, active living OR both
·       Pretend you are advertising agency

Wednesday 30 January 2013

jan 30 U6 Math Test for absent students

below is the unit 6 math test we wrote today - if you were absent and are feeling well, feel free to get started on it and you may continue working on it tomorrow in class:



Jan 30 Novel Study: The Breadwinner - chapter 6, 7 DRAMA


BREADWINNER

Do a dramatization in groups of 2 – 4 of the corresponding number of characters of your choosing from the novel (decide amongst yourselves). Possible options:
·      Parvana
·      Marketplace salesman
·      Nooria
·      Talib soldier with letter
·      Mother
·      Mrs. Weera

Possible and notable / interesting scenes from chapter 6 – 7:
·     Letter exchange (7)
·     Parvana getting hair cut (6)
·     Conflict between Parvana and Nooria (6)
·     Parvana afraid, going to marketplace (6)

Your skit can be from 30 seconds to 2 min long. In your skit, you will have to consider the following:
·    How each character speaks
·    How they act and why
·    Moods, emotions, goals

-       Taliban: want control over the people
-       Nooria: wants the family to get by
-       Parvana: brave & smart

Following the skit, each character will say something about their character’s mood, emotions, goals and actions




Tuesday 29 January 2013

Monday 28 January 2013

Math Quiz, Corrections, Homework


Goal: Adding & Subtracting Positive/Negative Integers

How much money is in the account after these transactions?

Transaction
Debit
(-)
Credit
(+)
Opening Balance new chequing account $200


Banking Service Charge $7.50


Income $15/hr @ 8hrs


Purchase Superstore groceries $175.25


Purchase Canadian Tire mechanic $280.75


Purchase Tim Hortons $5.50


Purchase Rogers Bundle $105.00


Reimbursement defective product Costco $89


Income $15/hr @ 8hrs + 25$ overtime bonus



Check out 3 ways of subtracting integers at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va_CiPK49vU




Geography Environment/Ecosystems Prezi Rubric


Friday 25 January 2013

after school numeracy program

Dear Parents,
There will be an upcoming after-school Math Numeracy Program at St. Simon taught by Mr. Galego in February.  Should you wish to have your child enrol to further develop their numeracy skills, kindly send me an email at stsimongr7@gmail.com and I will send home the appropriate forms and information.  
Regards,
Mr. Di Croce

jan 24 french


Thursday 24 January 2013

jan 24 math & reminder

Transaction
Debit -
Credit +
Opening Balance (open a bank account) 100$

100
Income 8hrs at 12.50$

100
Purchase Superstore groceries – 150$
150

Purchase Canadian Tire car repairs – 300$
300

Bank service charge – 5$
5

Purchase ebay.ca – 40$
40

Income 8hrs @ 12.50$

100$
Rogers Cell phone bill (bundle) 110$
110


SUMS
-605$
+300$


HOW MUCH MONEY ARE YOU IN DEBT?
305$ in debt.
-305$





Geography environment/ecosystems Prezi due Monday.  Be ready to present.

BREADWINNER creative writing marketplace chapter 5


MARKETPLACE

DUE MONDAY




SIGHTS
AT LEAST 3




SOUNDS


AT LEAST 3



SMELLS


AT LEAST 3






TASTES



AT LEAST 3




TOUCH


AT LEAST 3




PARVANA’S FEELINGS



AT LEAST 3





After completing this, you will write a short descriptive creative writing piece about the marketplace, a paragraph long. Here you will include the sights, sounds, smells, touch and Parvana’s feelings recorded in your chart.

PARAGRAPH IS MINIMUM 8 SENTENCES. PICK ONE OR TWO OF YOUR BEST DESCRIPTIONS OF SMELL, TASTE (ETC...) FROM EACH CHART CATEGORY TO INCLUDE IN THE PARAGRAPH.

example:

I smell the nan bread. It is a sunny day and I see lots of women walking around, but no men.... (continue)

BREADWINNER assignment for Jan 24th



BREADWINNER – JAN 24TH
CHAPTER 5 
REVIEW:

What was the same in many of the strategy guides?
·      Buying food
·      Disguising ourselves as men
 What were the important needs in all of them?
·      Food, water, mother to be healthy so she could take care of the family, protection 

RE-TELL:

·      Parvana goes to the market and she gets attacked by a Taliban so she has to run away. Because the women can’t be out on their own.
·      Mrs. Weera: take-charge kind of person; she helps Parvana’s mother get back on her feet; she helps by obtaining food and water. 



MARKETPLACE




SIGHTS






 SOUNDS



 SMELLS







TASTES








TOUCH







PARVANA’S FEELINGS









After completing this, you will write a short descriptive creative writing piece about the marketplace, about a paragraph long. Here you will include all of the sights, sounds, smells, touch and Parvana’s feelings recorded in your chart.







Wednesday 23 January 2013

Chapter 3 questions & answers BREADWINNER


Questions:
1.  What does the author want to convey (tell us) by showing that the soldiers beat up Parvana, Nooria and her mother?
2.  What is important about Parvana, as a woman, having the courage to do what she did?



1.  What the author is trying to tell us by showing that the soldiers beat up Parvana, Nooria and her mother is that Afghanistan has an unfair society. Also, it is a lot different from where we are coming from. We also see the author trying to show how strict the political system in Afghanistan is. In Canada, people are not allowed to treat each other this way. The author wants to show the difference between a place like Afghanistan and a place in North America like Canada.

2.  The important thing about Parvana, as a woman having the courage to do what she did is that she is not like the other girls. She is brave and confident. Parvana's feet were swollen and in pain and she still had the courage to try to aid her mother in pain. Girls can do exactly what boys can and should not be treated any differently, and this is the message sent.



The Survival strategy Breadwinner chapter 3 & reminders


survival: IMAGINE THE FOLLOWING SCENARIO:

          You are in the position of Nooria and her sisters, brother and mother. If you are a boy, imagine that boys are not allowed to leave their houses just as girls cannot (or they will be bombed or beaten and imprisoned).

       You are running out of food, your house is a mess, your baby brother is crying and your mom can no longer take care of him because she is injured and traumatized. Your father is still in jail. It is up to you to decide how you are going to deal with the situation.

In your groups, come up with a list of 4 steps you would take in order to proceed to get out of this rut.

Think about these questions in your answers:
·       what is important to do next? What are the most important needs?
·       what can you bring to help you in your journey?
·       How can you find food? What kind of food is available?
·       How can you support each other?
·       Where can you hide/ run to?
         


Our Survival Strategy:
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4.



PLEASE E-MAIL YOUR SURIVAL STRATEGY ASSIGNMENTS TO THE CLASS E-MAIL

Also, chapter 3 questions and answers will be posted tonight! Check it out!


Math Mid-Chapter Review text pg.205 q.1-12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWynE4T4-5w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57p3RigsVw

Geography Prezi continue tomorrow.

Protagonist/Antongonist creative writing is due today and should have been emailed already.

Tuesday 22 January 2013

jan 22 art & reminders

Perspective, enlargement,  rotation (transformational geometry), blended color background...

here's our inspiration:

here's our interpretation using powerpoint (google images, search "? silhouette", insert, copy, paste, englarge, rotate, ascending crescent shape):

here's our final product:


great results!






great job on still life art:




  • Tomorrow we welcome back teacher candidate Ms. Dziuba, she continues novel study of The Breadwinner with you all - have the questions she assigned completed in full.  
  • We will also begin sharing our environment/ecosystems geography prezi after French.
  • Your creative writing protagonist/antagonist task is due tomorrow.
  • Continue working on science lab observation chart taking daily pictures of epson salt crystal development