Geography Place & Location Task
1.
Select any place in Toronto or the
Greater Toronto Area (GTA) that is of interest to you.
2.
Draw a relative map of its
location. It should be enclosed within a quadrant with street
boundaries to the north, south, west and east of it.
3.
What community within the city does
it belong to?
4.
Provide specific directions to get
there from St. Simon via car, public transit, walking and/or cycling.
5.
Describe the place. Is it
part of residential complex, commercial/business park, industrial area,
communal/cultural meeting place, recreational/conservation area, governmental
buildings, spiritual/religious, or a tourist destination/attraction?
6.
Do you think the location of this
place makes sense? Questions to consider when answering this question:
What reasons do you think an urban planner located it
there? Is it easily accessible? What surrounds it?
Do you think the places/things that surround it complement its function?
7.
Why is it of interest or special to
you?
8.
Does its name have any significance?
A reminder that you may independently on this task or with a partner, only 1. You may use MS Word for the questions and grid paper or PPT for your relative map. If you need any clarification & support on any part of the task, please ask :)
Rotary Language Tassone & Di Croce
Seedfolks monologue 2 "Ana"
- What's your opinion of Ana?
- What do you think of her attitude towards other cultures?
- Unlike other immigrants that have treated the neighborhood (as Ana says) like a "cheap hotel", what do you think of Ana's choice to live there indefinitely?
- Do you think Ana's attitude towards the world and others may change?
We learn through Ana's monologue that this is a culturally-diverse neighborhood. The neighborhood has always been characterized by many transient ethnic immigrant groups over the years, that is, they live there just until they have enough money to move onto a better place. We sense that Ana is closed-mined and closed-hearted to other cultural groups other than Romanian/European, with whom she shares a connection. She also worked for the police's parole department and, as a result, may have developed a negative and suspicious outlook towards others, thinking that they are all somehow criminals. Spying on Kim and uprooting her seeds hopefully made her aware of these faults.
Rotary Math Di Croce Homework:
textbook pg.7 #17-20
textbook pg.8 A-H
Science titlepage due Wednesday.
We will continue working on the following this coming week:
-wrap up prezis
-geography task
-family life task
-visual arts task
Have a great weekend everyone :)
