Sept.30-Oct.1

Students, please note that you will be working on the tasks below throughout this week.  It is not today's homework.  Nonetheless, begin/continue working on it little by little ;)

Geography: Region (text pg.22-35)

What is a region? (pg.22)

How would you compare figure 2.2 (pg.23) to our St. Simon region?

Identify 3 regions around Toronto in figure 2.3 (pg.23) that you are familiar with and/or have visited.  What cities/towns are located in each of the 3 regions you have selected?

How would you describe a wilderness region? (pg.24-5) Where have you seen this type of region?

How would you describe a rural region? (pg.25)  Where have you seen this type of region?

How would you describe an urban region? (pg.25) Where have you seen this type of region?

Where in Canada is a physical region defined by its mountains? (pg.28)

Where in Canada is a physical region defined by its vegetation? (pg.28)

Where in Canada is a physical region defined as Maritime? (pg.28)

Where in Canada is a physical region defined by its rock type? (pg.28)

Final monologue

Florence looks forward to the Gibb Street garden continuing in the spring.  She respects/admires the first people (seedfolks) that transformed the vacant lot/dump into a beautiful garden; they created a friendly, loving community that celebrated cultural diversity. These seedfolks remind her of her family, the first African-American family that escaped slavery and settled in the area.  After a long cold winter, Florence looks forward to the spring when the community comes back out to plant and grow together and she hopes this tradition will continue - it makes her happy to be part of this growing family.

Novel Study:  Seedfolks Quote Analysis 1

Character/Monologue Quote	What lesson(s) do you personally think we can all learn from this character and apply in our daily life?  Explain with supporting details.
1/ Kim:  “But in that vacant lot he would see me. He would watch my beans break ground and spread, and would notice with pleasure their pods growing plump. He would see my patience and my hard work. I would show him that I could raise plants, as he had. I would show him that I was his daughter.”	Through this character, I have learned the importance of…
2/ Ana:  “Then the truth of it slapped me full in the face. I said to myself, “what have you done?” Two beans had roots. I knew I’d done them harm. I felt like I’d read through her secret diary and had ripped out a page without meaning to. I laid those beans right back in the ground, as gently as sleeping babies.”	Through this character, I have learned the importance of…
3/ Wendell:  “There’s plenty about my life I can’t change. Can’t bring the dead back to life on this earth. Can’t change myself into a millionaire. But a patch of ground in this trashy lot-I can change that. Can change it big. Better to put my time into that than moaning about the other all day.”	Through this character, I have learned the importance of…
4/ Gonzalo:  “He studied the sun. Then the soil. He felt it, then smelled it, then actually tasted it…Tio Juan didn’t even notice people-he was totally wrapped up in the work… I stared at his busy fingers, then his eyes. They were focused, not faraway or confused. He’d changed from a baby back into a man.”	Through this character, I have learned the importance of…
5/ Leona:  “I’ve got two kids in a high school that has more guns than books, so I know all about complaining to officials and such about things that need changing… You ever watch a sax player close? They push down a key and way at the other end of the instrument something moves. That’s what I was looking for-the key that would make that trash disappear.”	Through this character, I have learned the importance of…
6/ Sam:  “This time she gave me a little smile. I smiled back. That’s my occupation…You’ve seen fishermen mending the rips in their nets. That’s what I do, only with people.  If I’m lucky, I get’em talking to each other. Sewing up the rips in the neighborhood.”	Through this character, I have learned the importance of…
7/ Virgil:  “I couldn’t believe it. I stomped outside. I could feel that eighteen-speed slipping away. I was used to seeing kids lying and making mistakes, but not grown-ups. I was mad at my father. Then I sort of felt sorry for him.”	Through this character, I have learned the importance of…